Sonneratia (ammonite)

Sonneratia Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Hoplitidae
Subfamily:	†Sonneratiinae
Genus:	†Sonneratia Bayle, 1878

Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Aptian - Albian age.^[2]

Species

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• Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny, 1850)
• Sonneratia kitchini Spath, 1925
• Sonneratia rotator Casey, 1965

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States.^[1]

References

• Gayle Scott – Ammonites of the Genera Sonneratia and Douvilleiceras from the Cretaceous of Colombia

External links

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