Neocomitidae

Neocomitidae
Fossil shell of Berriasella jabronensis from Gard (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	† Ammonoidea
Order:	† Ammonitida
Superfamily:	† Perisphinctoidea
Family:	† Neocomitidae

Neocomitidae is a family of Lower Cretaceous ammonitids comprising genera with strongly ribbed evolute (all whorls exposed) to smooth, fairly involute (inner whorls mostly hidden) shells. ^[1]

In the 1957 description of the family ^[2] Neocomitidae was regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the Berriasellidae, a family within the Perisphinctoidea that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment ^[3] berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae.

Current opinion differs from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea ^[2] but rather includes it in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea. ^{[4] [5]}

Genera

• Acanthodiscus Uhlig, 1905
• Argentiniceras Spath, 1924
• Berriasella Uhlig, 1905
• Decliveites Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson, 2010
• Delphinella Le Hegarat, 1973
• Delphinites Sayn, 1901
• Distoloceras Hyatt, 1900
• Elenaella Nikolov, 1966
• Eleniceras Breskovski, 1967
• Ellenaela Nikolov, 1966
• Favrella Douvillé, 1909
• Frenguelliceras Leanza, 1945
• Hatchericeras Stanton, 1901
• Jabronella Nikolov, 1966
• Karakaschiceras Thieuloy, 1971
• Kilianella Uhlig, 1905
• Lemencia Donze and Enay 1961
• Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar, 1887
• Luppovella Nikolov, 1966
• Lyticoceras Hyatt, 1900
• Neocomites Uhlig, 1905
• Neohoploceras Spath, 1939
• Paquiericeras Sayn, 1901
• Parandiceras Spath, 1939
• Pseudoneocomites Hoedemaeker, 1982
• Pseudosubplanites Le Hegarat, 1973
• Sarasinella Uhlig, 1905
• Subalpinites Mazenot, 1939
• Substeueroceras Spath, 1922
• Thurmanniceras Cossmann, 1901
• Tirnovella Nikolov, 1966

References

1. Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 49-67.
2. Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
3. the Paleobiology database Neocomitidae entry accessed April 2013
4. Taxonomy jsdammonites
5. Ammonites, taxa

External links

• "Neocomitidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
• "Neocomitidae". EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
• Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L . Vol. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p.  49 – via Internet Archive.