Parkinsonia (ammonite)

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Parkinsonia
Temporal range: Bajocian–Bathonian [1]
Parkinsonia parkinsoni NHM.jpg
Fossil of Parkinsonia parkinsoni from Great Britain, on display at the Natural History Museum, London
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Parkinsoniidae
Subfamily: Parkinsoniinae
Genus: Parkinsonia
Bayle, 1878

Parkinsonia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Parkinsoniidae. [2]

Contents

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic. [1]

Description

Parkinsonia species have a compressed spiral shell with strong ribbing. [3]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. 1 2 Paleobiology Database - Parkinsonia. 2017-10-19.
  3. Ammonites.fr