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Dufrenoyia

Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (Aptian age). The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.

Species

  • Dufrenoyia codazziana <small>Karsten, 1886</small>
  • Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi <small>d'Orbigny, 1840</small>
  • Dufrenoyia furcata <small>Sowerby, 1836</small>
  • Dufrenoyia justinae <small>Hill, 1893</small>

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Venezuela.

References