Reineckeiidae

Reineckeiidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.[2]

Reineckeiidae
Temporal range: Jurassic, [1]
Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Superfamily: †Perisphinctoidea
Family: †Reineckeiidae
Hyatt 1900

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, from the Callovian to the Oxfordian.[1]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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