Parkinsonia (Ammonite)

Parkinsonia; Temporal range: Bajocian–Bathonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil of Parkinsonia parkinsoni from Great Britain, on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Parkinsoniidae
Subfamily:	†Parkinsoniinae
Genus:	†Parkinsonia; Bayle, 1878

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Parkinsonia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Parkinsoniidae.^[2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.^[1]

Description

Parkinsonia species have a compressed spiral shell with strong ribbing.^[3]

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Paleobiology Database - Parkinsonia. 2017-10-19.
↑ Ammonites.fr

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Parkinsonia Temporal range: Bajocian–Bathonian^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Fossil of Parkinsonia parkinsoni from Great Britain, on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Parkinsoniidae
Subfamily:	†Parkinsoniinae
Genus:	†Parkinsonia Bayle, 1878