Biology:Diplomoceratidae

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Short description: Extinct family of ammonites

Diplomoceratidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Diplomoceratidae - Scalarites scalaris.JPG
Scalarites scalaris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Superfamily: Turrilitoidea
Family: Diplomoceratidae
Spath, 1926 [1]

Diplomoceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ammonitida. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments (age range: from 99.7 to 66.043 million years ago).[2] Studies of Diplomoceras suggest that members of this family could reach lifespans of over 200 years.[3]

Genera

  • Chesapeakella Kennedy and Cobban, 1993
  • Diplomoceras Hyatt, 1900
  • Glyptoxoceras Spath, 1925
  • Neancyloceras Spath, 1926
  • Scalarites Wright and Matsumoto, 1954
  • Neoglyptoxoceras Collignon, 1969
  • Phylloptychoceras Spath, 1953
  • Oxybeloceras Hyatt, 1900
  • Polyptychoceras Yabe, 1927
  • Pseudoxybeloceras Wright and Matsumoto, 1954
  • Solenoceras Conrad, 1860

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18611935 entry