Biology:Graphoceratidae

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Short description: Extinct family of ammonites

Graphoceratidae
Temporal range: Jurassic
Graphoceratidae - Ludwigia murchisonae.jpg
Ludwigia murchisonae, Mid Jurassic, Germany
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Hildoceratoidea
Family: Graphoceratidae
Buckman, 1905
Subfamilies

See text

Graphoceratidae is an extinct family of ammonites in the order Ammonitida, which lived during the Jurassic.

Distribution

Fossils are found in the Jurassic marine strata of Canada , France , Germany , Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the United Kingdom .

Genera

Subfamily Graphoceratinae Buckman, 1905

Subfamily Leioceratinae Spath, 1936

  • Canavarella
  • Costileioceras
  • Vaceckia
  • Leioceras
  • Staufenia
  • Ancolioceras

Subfamily Dumortieriinae Haug, 1885

  • Dumortieria
  • Pleydellia
  • Catulloceras
  • Cotteswoldia
  • Walkericeras
  • Canavarina
  • Paradumortieria

Subfamily Tmetoceratinae Spath, 1936

  • Tmetoceras

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16982512 entry