Pictonia

Pictonia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.1–157.3 Ma
Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Aulacostephanidae
Genus: Pictonia
Bayle, 1878

Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya).[1][2]