Hamulina

Hamulina
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian), 145.5–99.7 Ma
Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Hamulinidae
Genus: Hamulina
d'Orbigny 1850

Hamulina is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Hamulinidae. These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous period, Barremiarrean age. Type species is Hamulina astieriana.

Distribution

Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

References

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