Silesites
''Silesites'' is an ammonite genus placed in the family Silesitidae. Species in this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. The type species of the genus is ''Silesites seranonis ''. Species * ''Silesites seranonis'' * ''Silesites vulpes'' Distribution Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ... sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain. File:Silesites vulpes 01.jpg, ''Silesites vulpes'' References Cretaceous ammonites Fossils of Mexico Fossils of Antarctica Desmoceratoidea Ammonitida genera {{Ammonitina-stub ...
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Silesitidae
Silesitidae is an ammonite family in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. Genera * '' Neoastieria'' * '' Piatnitzkyceras'' * '' Silesites'' * '' Silesitoidinae'' Distribution Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ... sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain. References Early Cretaceous first appearances Late Cretaceous extinctions Desmoceratoidea Ammonitida families {{Ammonitina-stub ...
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