Biology:Silesitidae

Short description: Extinct family of ammonites

Silesitidae Temporal range: Barremian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Silesites seranonis from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Superfamily:	†Desmoceratoidea
Family:	†Silesitidae Hyatt 1900
Genera
Neoastieria Piatnitzkyceras Silesites Silesitoidinae

Silesitidae is an ammonite family in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.

Genera

• Neoastieria
• Piatnitzkyceras
• Silesites
• Silesitoidinae

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18358683 entry