Parahoplitidae
Extinct family of ammonites
| Parahoplitidae Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Dufrenoya dufrenoyi from France | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | †Deshayesitoidea |
| Family: | †Parahoplitidae Spath, 1922 |
| Subfamilies | |
| See text | |
Parahoplitidae is an extinct family of Cretaceous ammonites with stoutly ribbed, compressed, generally involute shells lacking or with only minor tubercles included in the Deshayestoidea, a superfamily now separated from the Hoplitacaceae.
Subfamilies and genera
The family contains two subfamilies and eight genera.[1]
- Deshayesitinae Stoyanow, 1949
- Deshayesites Kazansky, 1914
- Dufrenoyia Kilian and Reboul, 1915
- Diadochoceras Hyatt, 1900
- Hypacanthoplites Spath, 1923
- Parahoplitinae Spath, 1922
- Kazanskyella Stoyanow, 1949
- Parahoplites Anthula, 1899
- Sinzowiella Stoyanow, 1949
- Parahoplitoides Spath, 1922
References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.
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