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All ammonites were wiped out during or shortly after the K-Pg extinction event, caused by the Chicxulub impact. It has been suggested that ocean acidification generated by the impact played a key role in their extinction, as the larvae of ammonites were likely small and planktonic, and would have been heavily affected. [38]
Of the few genera of ammonites which are thought to have survived the K-Pg extinction event into the Danian period (65-61 Myr) of the Paleogene, Hoploscaphites is the most widely and reliably recorded, with finds in Denmark, the Netherlands and the United States, and a possible record in Turkmenistan.
Ammonites of prehistoric North America — a marine molluscs group of the prehistoric Cephalopods in North America. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
W. A. Cobban and Hook, S. C. 1983 Mid-Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite fauna from Fence Lake area of west-central New Mexico. Memoir 41, New Mexico Bureau of Mines&Mineral Resources, Socorro NM. W. A. Cobban and Hook, S. C. 1979, Collignoniceras woollgari wooollgari (Mantell) ammonite fauna from Upper Cretaceous of Western Interior, United States.
Sphenodiscus is an extinct genus of acanthoceratacean ammonite.The genus has been found from many continents and is thought to have had a large global distribution during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.
Although almost all evidence indicated that ammonites did not survive past the K–Pg boundary, there is some scattered evidence that some ammonites lived for a short period of time during the Paleocene epoch, although none survived the Danian (66-61 Ma); [1] they were likely extinct within 500,000 years of the K-Pg extinction event, which ...
Pages in category "Early Cretaceous ammonites of North America" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Parapuzosia is an extinct genus of desmoceratid ammonites from the Cenomanian to the Campanian of Africa, Europe, and North America. [2] They are typically very large ammonites, reaching diameters of 60 cm (2.0 ft) or more, with the largest species measuring around 2 m (6.6 ft). [3]