Reineckeiidae

Reineckeiidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.[2]

Reineckeiidae
Temporal range: Jurassic, 164.7–161.2 Ma
[1]
Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Reineckeiidae
Hyatt 1900

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, from the Callovian to the Oxfordian.[1]

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