Hamulina

Hamulina is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Hamulinidae. These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous period, Barremiarrean age. The type species is Hamulina astieriana.

Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris

Hamulina
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian), 145.5–99.7 Ma
Hamulina astieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Hamulinidae
Genus:
Hamulina

d'Orbigny, 1850

Distribution

Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Colombia (Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá), Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

References
  1. Hamulina at Fossilworks.org

Further reading


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