Pulchelliidae
Pulchelliidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family.[2] It was previously classified as belonging to the superfamily Endemoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.[1]
| Pulchelliidae Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), | |
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| Fossil shell of Heinzia colleti from Colombia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Endemoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Pulchelliidae Hyatt, 1903 |
Subfamilies and genera[3]
- Buergliceratinae
- Psilotissotiinae
- Pulchelliinae (Vermeulen 1995)
- Nicklesia (Hyatt)
- Pulchellia (Uhlid)
- Gerhardtia (Hyatt)
- Coronites (Hyatt)
- Curiolites (Vermeulen)
- Heinzia (Sayn)
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
References
- "Pulchelliidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p. 111.
- Vermeulen, Jean (29 December 1995). "Nouvelle tripartition de la famille des Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea) illustre par la description de trois especes des Alpes de Haute Provence". Riviéra Scientifique: 65–80.
External links
- Vermeulen, Jean (1996). "Origine, classification et évolution des Pulchellinae (Douville) 1911 emend. Vermeulen 1995 (Pulchelliidae, Endemoceratoidea)" (PDF). Géologie Alpine. 71: 101–115.
- "Pulchelliidae". mindat.org. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- "Pulchelliidae". Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Vol. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 111 – via Internet Archive.
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