Sonneratia (ammonite)
Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Aptian - Albian age.[2]
| Sonneratia Temporal range: Cretaceous, [1] | |
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| Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, 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 |
| Family: | †Hoplitidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sonneratiinae |
| Genus: | †Sonneratia Bayle, 1878 |
Species
- Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny, 1850)
- Sonneratia kitchini Spath, 1925
- Sonneratia rotator Casey, 1965
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States.[1]
References
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