''Fresvillia'' is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to
baculitid family of the
ammonoid
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) ...
order
Ancyloceratida
The Ancyloceratina were a diverse suborder of ammonite most closely related to the ammonites of order Lytoceratina. They evolved during the Late Jurassic but were not very common until the Cretaceous period, when they rapidly diversified and beca ...
that lived during the Late Cretaceous, found in France. Baculitids are a kind of
heteromorph
The Ancyloceratina were a diverse suborder of ammonite most closely related to the ammonites of order Lytoceratina. They evolved during the Late Jurassic but were not very common until the Cretaceous period, when they rapidly diversified and bec ...
ammonite characterized by a straight adult shaft, often preceded by a small coiled juvenile portion.
''
Baculites'', ''
Boehmoceras'', ''
Eubaculites'', and ''
Lechites'', are among related genera.
References
Fresvillia-Paleodb
Ammonitida genera
Turrilitoidea
Late Cretaceous ammonites
Fossils of France
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