Heinzia

Heinzia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae.[3] They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.[1][2]

Heinzia
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 130.0–125.45 Ma
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Fossil shell of Heinzia colleti from Colombia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Pulchelliinae
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Heinzia

Sayn, 1890

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Colombia, France, Italy, Morocco and Spain.[1]

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  3. "Heinzia caicedi". Ammonites et autres spirales (in French). Retrieved 2016-12-08.


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