Fresvillia

Fresvillia
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ancyloceratina
Family: †Baculitidae
Genus: †
Kennedy, 1986

Fresvillia is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to baculitid family of the ammonoid order Ancyloceratida that lived during the Late Cretaceous, found in France. Baculitids are a kind of heteromorph ammonite characterized by a straight adult shaft, often preceded by a small coiled juvenile portion.

Baculites, Boehmoceras, Eubaculites, and Lechites, are among related genera.

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