Hamulina
Hamulina is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Hamulinidae. These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous period, Barremiarrean age. The type species is Hamulina astieriana.
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Genus: | Hamulina d'Orbigny, 1850 |
Distribution
Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Colombia (Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá), Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
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References
- Hamulina at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea (L215); Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
- Sepkoski, Jack Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
- Enciclopaedia of Life
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