Fresvillia
| Fresvillia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ancyloceratida |
| Family: | Baculitidae |
| Genus: | Fresvillia Kennedy, 1986 |
Fresvillia is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to baculitid family of the ammonoid order Ancyloceratida that lived during the Late Cretaceous, found in France. Baculitids are a kind of heteromorph ammonite characterized by a straight adult shaft, often preceded by a small coiled juvenile portion.
Baculites, Boehmoceras, Eubaculites, and Lechites, are among related genera.
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