Heinzia Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 130.0–125.45 Ma |
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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: | Endemocerataceae |
Family: | Pulchelliidae |
Subfamily: | Pulchelliinae |
Genus: |
Heinzia Sayn, 1890 |
Heinzia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Colombia, France, Italy, Morocco and Spain.