Pictonia

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Pictonia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.1–157.3  Ma
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Aulacostephanidae - Pictonia baylei.jpg
Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London
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Pictonia

Bayle, 1878

Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya). [1] [2]

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Species

Species within this genus include: [1]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.

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