Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Reineckeiidae.[2]
| Reineckeia Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, [1]
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| Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Genus: | Reineckeia Bayle 1818
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These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age.[3]
Description
editShells of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).
Distribution
editFossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile,[citation needed] France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal,[citation needed] Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States[citation needed].[4]
References
editExternal links
edit- Ammonites
Data related to Reineckeia at Wikispecies
