Dufrenoyia

Dufrenoyia Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–112.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Suborder:	†Ancyloceratina
Family:	†Parahoplitidae
Subfamily:	†Deshayesitinae
Genus:	†Dufrenoyia Kilian and Reboul, 1915

Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (Aptian age).^[2] The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.^[1]

Species

^[1]

• Dufrenoyia codazziana Karsten, 1886
• Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi d'Orbigny, 1840
• Dufrenoyia furcata Sowerby, 1836
• Dufrenoyia justinae Hill, 1893

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Venezuela.^[1]

References

1. The Paleobiology Database
2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda

• Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.