Hedenstroemia

Hedenstroemia
Temporal range: Triassic (Olenekian),[1] 251.3–247.2 Ma

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Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Hedenstroemiidae [2]
Genus: Hedenstroemia
Waagen 1895

Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.[2]

Species

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.[2]

References

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