Forresteria

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Forresteria
Temporal range: Turonian - Coniacian
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Fossil of Forresteria species. Coniacian of Madagascar
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Collignoniceratidae
Subfamily: Barroisiceratinae
Genus: Forresteria
Reeside, 1932
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Forresteria is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea. They flourished during the late Turonian and early Coniacian of the Late Cretaceous, [1] and were global in extent. Forresteria alluaudi and Forresteria hobsoni are considered marker fossils for the lower Coniacian in the American West.

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Description

Although the whorl section and ornament of Forresteria are variable, it is easily distinguished from Barroisiceras by the presence of mid-lateral tubercles on the inner whorls, which later disappear or fuse with either umbilical or ventrolateral tubercles. Four subgenera are recognized [2]

Species

species in Forresteria include:

Forresteria was named for Robert Forrester of Salt Lake City, Utah. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cobban, William A. et al (2006) "A USGS Zonal Table for the Upper Cretaceous Middle Cenomanian-Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of the United States Based on Ammonites, Inoceramids, and Radiometric Ages" USGS (Open-File Report 2006–1250)
  2. W.J Arkell et al., 1957 Mesozoic Ammonidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea.