Schloenbachia
Sign in to saveSchloenbachia is a genus of ammonoid cephalopods from the Cenomanian stage of the Upper Cretaceous, and type for the Schloenbachiidae, a family within the ammonitid Hoplitoidea.
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Schloenbachia is a genus of ammonoid cephalopods from the Cenomanian stage of the Upper Cretaceous, and type for the Schloenbachiidae, a family within the ammonitid Hoplitoidea.
Schloenbachia was named by Newmayer, 1875, the type species is Schloenbachia varians (Sowerby 1817). The genus has been found in Europe (France, Germany, England), the Middle East (Iran), and North America (California, Oregon).
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