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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