Dufrenoyia Explained

Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (Aptian age).^[1] The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.

Species

• Dufrenoyia codazziana Karsten, 1886
• Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi d'Orbigny, 1840
• Dufrenoyia furcata Sowerby, 1836
• Dufrenoyia justinae Hill, 1893

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Venezuela.

References

• Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda