title: Tissotia
text: # Tissotia
  
  Tissotia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.
  
  These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma). Shells of Tissotia species can reach a diameter of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Tissotia include:
  
  * Tissotia fourneli Bayle, 1849
  * Tissotia halli Knechtel, 1947
  * Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres, 1956
  * Tissotia steinmanni Lissón, 1908
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Fossils of the species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Nigeria, Peru and Spain.
  
  