Pulchelliidae
Family of molluscs (fossil)
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Pulchelliidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family.[2] It was previously classified as belonging to the superfamily Endemoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.[1]
| Pulchelliidae Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), | |
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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 |
| Superfamily: | †Endemoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Pulchelliidae Hyatt, 1903 |
Subfamilies and genera
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
