''Pictonia'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family

Aulacostephanidae Aulacostephanidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Upper Jurassic period, from the Oxfordian to Tithonian In the geological timesca ...

. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

period,

Kimmeridgian In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 157.3 ± 1.0 Ma and 152.1 ± 0.9 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxfordian ...

age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya).Paleobiology Database

Species

Species within this genus include: *''Pictonia baylei''
*''Pictonia densicostata'' *''Pictonia gracilis'' *''Pictonia seminudata''

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the

sediments of Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.

References

Ammonitida genera Jurassic ammonites Ammonites of Europe Aulacostephanidae {{ammonitina-stub