Parkinsonia (ammonite)

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Parkinsonia

Temporal range: Bajocian–Bathonian[1]

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

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]

## Distribution

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

## References

1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paleobiology Database - Parkinsonia. 2017-10-19.
3. ↑ Ammonites.fr

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