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Aspidoceratidae

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Extinct family of ammonites

Aspidoceratidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Upper Jurassic PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pseudowaagenia micropla from Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Zittel, 1895

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.

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

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Aspidoceratidae


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