Reineckeia

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Reineckeia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5  Ma
Reineckeiidae - Reineckeia anceps.JPG
Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Reineckeia

Bayle 1818

Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Reineckeiidae. [2]

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These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age. [3]

Description

Shells of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile,[ citation needed ] France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal,[ citation needed ] Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States[ citation needed ]. [4]

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