| Ussuritidae Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Monophyllites sphaerophyllus from Bosnia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Phylloceratina |
| Family: | †Ussuritidae Hyatt, 1900 |
Ussuritidae are ancestral, Triassic, Phylloceratina characterized by generally smooth, discoidal, evolute shells with rounded venters and little or no ornamentation and by sutures with primitive monophyllitic saddles with a single terminal branch or leaflet.
The Ussuritidae are most likely derived from the Dieneroceratidae and give rise to the Discophyllitidae. Seven genera are included:
Genera are distinguished on the basis of shell morphology and characteristics of the suture.
Ussuritidae are also known as the Monophyllitidae, a junior synonym. Palaeophyllitidae, for Palaeophyllites, is sometimes found in the literature.
References
- ^ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Mollusca 4, Ammonoidea
- Paleobiology Database
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