Hedenstroemia

Hedenstroemia Temporal range: Early Triassic (Olenekian),[1] 251.3–247.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [2]
Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Family:	†Hedenstroemiidae
Genus:	†Hedenstroemia Waagen, 1895
Species[2]
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Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of Early Triassic (Olenekian) cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.^[2]

Species

• †Hedenstroemia evoluta Spath, 1934
• †Hedenstroemia hedenstroemi Keyserling, 1845
• †Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905
• †Hedenstroemia mojsisovicsi Diener 1897
• †Hedenstroemia tscherskii Popov 1939
• †Hedenstroemia waageni Welter 1922

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.^[2]

References

• J. Perrin Smith U.S. Lower Triassic Ammonoid of North America pg. 77 Geological Survey Professional Paper