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
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian),
Hamulina astieri
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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

  1. "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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