The Aspidoceratidae comprise a family of middle and upper Jurassic ammonites that make up part of the superfamily Perisphinctoidea, characterized by evolute shells, commonly stocky, that tend to develop tubercles.
Aspidoceratidae Temporal range:
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Pseudowaagenia micropla from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | †Perisphinctoidea |
Family: | †Aspidoceratidae Zittel, 1895 |
The Aspidoceratidae are thought to be derived from the Perisphinctidae and have been subdivided into three subfamilies, the Aspidoceratinae, Peltoceratinae, and Simoceratinae.
Subfamilies and genera
edit- Aspidoceratinae Zittel 1895
- Aspidoceras
- Chinamecaceras Cantu-Chapa 2006
- Epaspidoceras
- Euaspidoceras
- Orthaspidoceras
- Peltoceratinae Spath 1924
- Simoceratinae
References
edit- Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.