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Extinct genus of cephalopods

Hedenstroemia
Temporal range: Early Triassic (Olenekian), 251.3–247.2 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Hedenstroemiidae
Genus: Hedenstroemia
Waagen, 1895
Species

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Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of Early Triassic (Olenekian) cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.

Species

  • Hedenstroemia evoluta Spath, 1934
  • Hedenstroemia hedenstroemi Keyserling, 1845
  • Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905
  • Hedenstroemia mojsisovicsi Diener 1897
  • Hedenstroemia tscherskii Popov 1939
  • Hedenstroemia waageni Welter 1922

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  2. ^ "Hedenstroemia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Hedenstroemia


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