Pulchelliidae Explained

Pulchelliidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family.^[1] It was previously classified as belonging to the superfamily Endemoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.

Subfamilies and genera^[2]

• Buergliceratinae
• Psilotissotiinae
• Pulchelliinae (Vermeulen 1995)
  • Nicklesia (Hyatt)
  • Pulchellia (Uhlid)
  • Gerhardtia (Hyatt)
  • Coronites (Hyatt)
  • Curiolites (Vermeulen)
  • Heinzia (Sayn)

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

External links

• Jean . Vermeulen . Origine, classification et évolution des Pulchellinae (Douville) 1911 emend. Vermeulen 1995 (Pulchelliidae, Endemoceratoidea). Géologie Alpine . 1996 . 71. 101–115.
• Web site: Pulchelliidae. mindat.org . 15 June 2022.
• Web site: Pulchelliidae . Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) . 11 June 2023.
• Book: [[Claud William Wright|Wright C.W.]] with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth . 1996 . Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea . 4 . Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L . Roger L. Kaesler . Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas . The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press . registration . 111 . Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. with and (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p. 111.
2. Vermeulen . Jean . 29 December 1995 . Nouvelle tripartition de la famille des Pulchelliidae (Ammonoidea) illustre par la description de trois especes des Alpes de Haute Provence . Riviéra Scientifique . 65–80.