''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular

ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...

(suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...

stage of the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...

, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 cm (3.47 in) in diameter, typically with blunt umbilical tubercles from which spring 2 or three ribs each, but which are lost in the late growth stage. The suture is ammonitic with long spikey lobes and saddles with rounded subelements.

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Fagesia catinus ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Mantell 1822 - Loma Gorda Formation, Colombia * †''

Fagesia fleuryi ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''

Fagesia peroni ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''

Fagesia pervinquieri ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Bose 1920 * †''

Fagesia rudra ''Fagesia rudra'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family. This species lived during the Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Ep ...

'' Stoliczka 1865 * †''

Fagesia spheroidalis ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Pervinquière 1907 * †''

Fagesia superstes ''Fagesia superstes'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family. This species lived during the Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceou ...

'' Kossmat 1897 * †''

Fagesia tevesthensis ''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago. The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...

'' Peron 1896

Distribution

Fossils of ''Fagesia'' have been found in Brazil, Colombia (

El Colegio El Colegio () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ...

, Cundinamarca, La Frontera ( Cundinamarca, Huila and Boyacá),Blanco et al., 2004, p.26 and Loma Gorda Formations, Aipe, Huila),Patarroyo, 2011 Egypt, France, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, the Russian Federation, Tunisia, United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), and Venezuela.''Fagesia''
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