''Pulchelliidae'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family.
[ with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p. 111.] It was previously classified as belonging to the superfamily
Endemoceratoidea
Endemoceratoidea is a superfamily of true ammonites (suborder Ammonitina
Ammonitina comprises a diverse suborder of Ammonoidea, ammonite cephalopods that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic Era. They are excellen ...
. They lived during the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
, in the
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a ...
age.
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Subfamilies and genera
Source:Gerhardtia
''Gerhardtia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was circumscribed in 1994 by French mycologist Marcel Bon, with '' Gerhardtia incarnatobrunnea'' as the type species. It is distinguished from similar genera by having spores wit ...
'' (Hyatt)
** '' Coronites'' (Hyatt)
** '' Curiolites'' (Vermeulen)
** ''Heinzia
''Heinzia'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous
The Creta ...
'' (Sayn)
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
sediments of Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[
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Ammonitida families
Endemoceratoidea
Cretaceous Morocco
Fossils of Morocco
Cretaceous France
Fossils of France
Cretaceous Spain
Fossils of Spain
Cretaceous Mexico
Fossils of Mexico
Ammonites of South America
Cretaceous Colombia
Fossils of Colombia
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