Benueites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
Benueites Temporal range: Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Acanthoceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Acanthoceratinae |
Genus: | †Benueites Reyment, 1954 |
Species[1] | |
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Benueites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian),[2] named by Revement, 1954, included in the family Acanthoceratidae, superfamily Acanthoceratoidea.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation, Aipe, Huila),[3] Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela [1]
References
Bibliography
- Patarroyo, Pedro (2011), "Sucesión de Amonitas del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano-Coniaciano) de la parte más alta de la Formación Hondita y de la Formación Loma Gorda en la Quebrada Bambucá, Aipe - Huila (Colombia)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 33: 69–92, retrieved 2017-03-30
Further reading
- W.J Arkell et al., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L (Ammonoidea)
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