Benueites

Benueites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian),[2] named by Revment, 1954, included in the family Acanthoceratidae, superfamily Acanthoceratoidea.

Benueites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Subfamily: Acanthoceratinae
Genus: Benueites
Reyment, 1954
Species[1]
  • B. benueensis
  • B. mosquerae
  • B. reymenti
  • B. trinidadensis

Distribution

Cretaceous of Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation, Aipe, Huila),[3] Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela [1]

References

  1. "Paleobiology Database - Benueites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  3. Patarroyo, 2011, p.69

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