Jump to content

Scaphitidae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 77.99.156.72 (talk) at 14:41, 8 July 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Scaphitidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous, Albian–Maastrichtian possible Danian record
Scaphites species fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Superfamily: Scaphitoidea
Gill, 1871
Family: Scaphitidae
Gill, 1871
Subfamilies

See text

Scaphitidae is a family of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family of heteromorph ammonites (suborder Ancyloceratina). There is a possible fossil record of them being the last ammonites with a fossil dating to the Danian of the Paleocene in Turkmenistan.


Genera

Scaphitidae Gill, 1871

References