Parahoplitidae

Parahoplitidae Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dufrenoya dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	† Ammonoidea
Order:	† Ammonitida
Suborder:	† Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:	† Deshayesitoidea
Family:	† Parahoplitidae Spath, 1922
Subfamilies
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Parahoplitidae is an extinct family of Cretaceous ammonites with stoutly ribbed, compressed, generally involute shells lacking or with only minor tubercles included in the Deshayestoidea, a superfamily now separated from the Hoplitacaceae.

Subfamilies and genera

The family contains two subfamilies and eight genera. ^[1]

• Deshayesitinae Stoyanow, 1949
  • Deshayesites Kazansky, 1914
  • Dufrenoyia Kilian and Reboul, 1915
  • Diadochoceras Hyatt, 1900
  • Hypacanthoplites Spath, 1923
• Parahoplitinae Spath, 1922
  • Kazanskyella Stoyanow, 1949
  • Parahoplites Anthula, 1899
  • Sinzowiella Stoyanow, 1949
  • Parahoplitoides Spath, 1922

References

1. "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2024-11-18.

• Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.