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Parahoplitidae

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Extinct family of ammonites

Parahoplitidae
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dufrenoya dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Superfamily: Deshayesitoidea
Family: Parahoplitidae
Spath, 1922
Subfamilies

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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.

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Parahoplitidae


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