Flickia

Flickia is an ammonite genus from the Upper Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Flickia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Flickiidae
Subfamily: Flickiinae
Genus: Flickia
Pervenquiere, 1907
Type species
Flickia simplex
Other species
  • Flickia costellata
  • Flickia quadrata

Description

Flickia is a very small ammonite. Its shell varied in shape from subevolute to subinvolute. It was narrow, smooth, and had a rounded venter. Despite belonging to the most advanced order of ammonites, its suture was more similar to that of Goniatites and other primitive ammonites.

References

    • Murray, John W. Atlas of Invertebrate Macrofossils. New York: Wiley, 1985. Print. ISBN 0470200847
    • Flickia at Fossilworks


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