Reineckeia

Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Reineckeia

Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma

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[1]

Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Mollusca

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Cephalopoda

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Ammonitida

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Reineckeiidae

Genus:  |

Reineckeia

Bayle 1818

Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Reineckeiidae.[2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description[edit]

Shells of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).

## Distribution[edit]

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile,[citation needed] France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal,[citation needed] Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States[citation needed].[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
2. ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
3. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
4. ^ Reineckeia at Fossilworks.org

## External links[edit]

* Ammonites
* Data related to Reineckeia at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q9305690
* CoL: 642KD
* Fossilworks: 15571
* GBIF: 4627739
* IRMNG: 1275979

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