Hamulina
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, Barremian age. The type species is Hamulina astieriana.
Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Hamulina pamuktschiensis sp.n., Lower Barremian, Pamuktschii at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
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| Genus: | Hamulina d'Orbigny, 1850 |
Distribution
Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Bulgaria, Colombia (Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá), Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
References
- "Hamulina". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
Further reading
- "Hamulina". mindat.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea (L215); Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
- Sepkoski, Jack Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
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