Reineckeia

Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Reineckeiidae.[2]

Reineckeia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma [1]
Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Reineckeiidae
Genus:
Reineckeia

Bayle 1818

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age.[3]

Description

Shells of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile, France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal, Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States.[4]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
  3. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  4. Reineckeia at Fossilworks.org
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