''Tissotia'' is a genus of
ammonite
Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...
s belonging to the family
Tissotiidae
Tissotiidae is a family of ammonites (Ammonitina) belonging to the Acanthoceratoidea.
The Tissotiidae are derived from the Vascoceratidae, another acanthoceratoid family, and gave rise to the Coilopoceratidae. They have been divided into two s ...
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These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived 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 ...
period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma).[ Shells of ''Tissotia'' species can reach a diameter of .
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Species
Species within the genus ''Tissotia'' include:[ Fossilworks]
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* ''Tissotia fourneli
''Tissotia'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma). Shells of ''Tissotia'' species can reach a diameter of .
Species
Species within ...
'' Bayle, 1849
* ''Tissotia halli
''Tissotia'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma). Shells of ''Tissotia'' species can reach a diameter of .
Species
Species within ...
'' Knechtel, 1947
* ''Tissotia hedbergi
''Tissotia'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma). Shells of ''Tissotia'' species can reach a diameter of .
Species
Species within ...
'' Benavides-Caceres, 1956
* ''Tissotia steinmanni
''Tissotia'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma). Shells of ''Tissotia'' species can reach a diameter of .
Species
Species within ...
'' Lissón, 1908
Distribution
Fossils of the species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Nigeria, Peru and Spain.[
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References
External links
Paleomania
Ammonitida genera
Acanthoceratoidea
Cretaceous ammonites
Ammonites of South America
Cretaceous Brazil
Cretaceous Peru
Cretaceous Europe
Cretaceous Africa
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