Fresvillia

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Fresvillia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass:† Ammonoidea
Order:† Ammonitida
Suborder:† Ancyloceratina
Family:† Baculitidae
Genus:† Fresvillia
Kennedy, 1986

Fresvillia is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to baculitid family of the ammonoid order Ancyloceratida that lived during the Late Cretaceous, found in France. Baculitids are a kind of heteromorph ammonite characterized by a straight adult shaft, often preceded by a small coiled juvenile portion.

Baculites , Boehmoceras , Eubaculites , and Lechites , are among related genera.

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