''Pulchelliidae'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p. 111. It was previously classified as belonging to the superfamily

Endemoceratoidea Endemoceratoidea is a superfamily of true ammonites (suborder Ammonitina). Taxonomy Families included in the Endemoceratoidea are: * Endemoceratidae * Neocomitidae * Pulchelliidae ''Pulchelliidae'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod fam ...

. They lived during 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 ...

, in the

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...

age.

Subfamilies and genera

* '' Buergliceratinae'' * '' Psilotissotiinae'' * '' Pulchelliinae'' (Vermeulen 1995) ** '' Nicklesia'' (Hyatt) ** '' Pulchellia'' (Uhlid) ** ''

Gerhardtia ''Gerhardtia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was circumscribed in 1994 by French mycologist Marcel Bon, with '' Gerhardtia incarnatobrunnea'' as the type species. It is distinguished from similar genera by having spores with ...

'' (Hyatt) ** '' Coronites'' (Hyatt) ** '' Curiolites'' (Vermeulen) ** ''

Heinzia ''Heinzia'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. Distribution Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous The Cretace ...

'' (Sayn)

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the

sediments of Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

References

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* * Ammonitida families Endemoceratoidea Cretaceous Morocco Fossils of Morocco Cretaceous France Fossils of France Cretaceous Spain Fossils of Spain Cretaceous Mexico Fossils of Mexico Ammonites of South America Cretaceous Colombia Fossils of Colombia {{Ammonitina-stub