Bredyia is a genus of ammonites from the lower part of the Middle Jurassic, found in Europe and North America.

Bredyia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Hammatoceratidae
Subfamily: Hammatoceratinae
Genus: Bredyia
Buckman, 1910
Type species
Bredyia crassornata
(Buckman, 1910)
Species
  • Bredyia crassornata (Buckman, 1910)
  • Bredyia alleoni (Dumortier, 1874)
  • Bredyia lagardettei Rulleau, 2006
Synonyms
  • Burtonia Buckman, 1910

Bredyia is a member of the Hammatoceratidae, a family which comprises part of the Hildoceratoidea. Its shell is involute, strongly ribbed, with a small umbilicus. Whorls are strongly embracing; ribs thick, radially straight on the sides, curves forward on the venter but do not meet. The sides or flanks are outwardly bowed. The venter has a narrow keel and may be fastigate, like a gable roof.

References

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  • W.J. Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America.
  • Bredyia in Fossilworks Gateway
  • Hammatoceratidae in Ammonites et Autres Spirales (Fr).
  • Louis Rulleau, 2009. Les Hammatoceratidae et les Erycitidae NW européens et téthysiens du lias et du dogger.