Fagesia

For a synonym for a genus of sea anemones, see Edwardsiella (sea anemone).

Fagesia is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92–88 Ma ago.

Fagesia Temporal range: Turonian
Fossil of Fagesia spheroidalis from Japan. Late Cretaceous. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Acanthocerataceae
Family:	Vascoceratidae
Genus:	Fagesia Pervinquière 1907
Species
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The shell of Fagesia is about 9.5 cm (3.47 in) in diameter, typically with blunt umbilical tubercles from which spring 2 or three ribs each, but which are lost in the late growth stage. The suture is ammonitic with long spikey lobes and saddles with rounded subelements.

Species

• †Fagesia catinus Mantell 1822 - Loma Gorda Formation, Colombia
• †Fagesia fleuryi Pervinquière 1907
• †Fagesia peroni Pervinquière 1907
• †Fagesia pervinquieri Bose 1920
• †Fagesia rudra Stoliczka 1865
• †Fagesia spheroidalis Pervinquière 1907
• †Fagesia superstes Kossmat 1897
• †Fagesia tevesthensis Peron 1896

Distribution

Fossils of Fagesia have been found in Brazil, Colombia (El Colegio, Cundinamarca, La Frontera (Cundinamarca, Huila and Boyacá), and Loma Gorda Formations, Aipe, Huila), Egypt, France, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, the Russian Federation, Tunisia, United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), and Venezuela.

References

Bibliography

• Blanco, Johana Paola; Medina, Paula Andrea; Patarroyo, Pedro (2004), "La Formación La Frontera, Sección Vereda Tóriba: Una propuesta para la designación del Lectoestratotipo" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 29: 23–40, retrieved 2017-04-04 Archived 2017-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Patarroyo, Pedro (2011), "Sucesión de Amonitas del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano-Coniaciano) de la parte más alta de la Formación Hondita y de la Formación Loma Gorda en la Quebrada Bambucá, Aipe - Huila (Colombia)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 33: 69–92, retrieved 2017-04-04

Further reading

• Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.