Bredyia is a genus of ammonites from the lower part of the Middle Jurassic, found in Europe and North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Hammatoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hammatoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Bredyia Buckman, 1910 |
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| Bredyia crassornata (Buckman, 1910)
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Bredyia is a member of the Hammatoceratidae, a family which comprises part of the Hildoceratoidea. Its shell is involute, strongly ribbed, with a small umbilicus. Whorls are strongly embracing; ribs thick, radially straight on the sides, curves forward on the venter but do not meet. The sides or flanks are outwardly bowed. The venter has a narrow keel and may be fastigate, like a gable roof.
References
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- W.J. Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America.
- Bredyia in Fossilworks Gateway
- Hammatoceratidae in Ammonites et Autres Spirales (Fr).
- Louis Rulleau, 2009. Les Hammatoceratidae et les Erycitidae NW européens et téthysiens du lias et du dogger.
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