Silesitidae
| Silesitidae Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 136.4–99.7 Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Silesites seranonis from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Desmocerataceae |
| Family: | Silesitidae Hyatt 1900 |
Silesitidae is an ammonite family. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. [1]
Genera
- Neoastieria
- Piatnitzkyceras
- Silesites
- Silesitoidinae
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain. [1]
References
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