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Dufrenoyia

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Dufrenoyia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–112.6 Ma [1]
Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi from France
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Parahoplitidae
Subfamily: Deshayesitinae
Genus: Dufrenoyia
Kilian and Reboul, 1915

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).[2] The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.[1]

Species

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

Distribution

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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.[1]

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