Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Sonneratia (ammonite)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hoplitidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Ammonites

Superfamily
  
Hoplitaceae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonitida

Sonneratia (ammonite)

Similar
  
Ammonites, Hoplitidae, Hoplites, Desmoceratidae, Lyelliceras

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

  • 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.

    References

    Sonneratia (ammonite) Wikipedia