Dufrenoyia


Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period. The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.

Species

Dufrenoyia codazziana Karsten, 1886Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi d'Orbigny, 1840Dufrenoyia furcata Sowerby, 1836Dufrenoyia justinae Hill, 1893

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Venezuela.