Biology:Himalayitidae

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Short description: Extinct family of ammonites

Himalayitidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Himalayitidae
Spath, 1925[1]
Genera[2]
  • Ardesciella
  • Aulacosphinctes
  • Corongoceras
  • Durangites
  • Hegaratites
  • Himalayites
  • Parodontoceras
  • Parrasiella
  • Riasanella
  • Tithopeltoceras
  • Toucasiella
  • Windhauseniceras
Synonyms

Himalayitinae

Himalayitidae is an extinct family of ammonites in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. The family existed from the Tithonian of the Jurassic to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous. The family is thought to derive from Perisphinctidae.

References

  1. Ammonites and aptychi. LF Spath, 1925
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named paleodb

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q23832428 entry