Heinzia

Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Heinzia

Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 130.0–125.45 Ma

PreꞒ

[1][2]

Fossil shell of Heinzia colleti from Colombia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Cephalopoda

Subclass:  |

Ammonoidea

Order:  |

Ammonitida

Suborder:  |

Ammonitina

Superfamily:  |

Endemoceratoidea

Family:  |

Pulchelliidae

Subfamily:  |

Pulchelliinae

Genus:  |

Heinzia

Sayn, 1890

Heinzia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae.[3] They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.[1][2]

## Distribution[edit]

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Colombia, France, Italy, Morocco and Spain.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
2. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
3. ^ "Heinzia caicedi". Ammonites et autres spirales (in French). Retrieved 2016-12-08.

## External links[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Heinzia.

* Crioceratites
* Jean Vermeulen Origine, classification et évolution des Pulchellinae (Douville) 1911 emend. Vermeulen 1995 (Pulchelliidae, Endemoceratoidea)
* "Heinzia". Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
* Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Vol. 4\. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 111 - via Internet Archive.
* Vermeulen, Jean., 1995: A new division in three parts of the Pulchelliidae family Ammonoidea Riviera Scientifique, 65-80

Taxon identifiers

Heinzia|

* Wikidata: Q12258982
* Paleobiology Database: 14978

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