Danubitoidea Explained

The Danubitoidea is a large and diverse superfamily in the order Ceratitida of the Ammonoidea that combines five families removed from the Ceratitaceae, Clydonitaceae, and Ptychitaceae.

Taxonomy

Superfamily Danubitoidea

• Family Aplococeratidae
• Family Danubitidae
• Family Lecanitidae
• Family Longobarditidae
• Family Nannitidae

The largest family in the Danubitoidea is the Longobarditidae with 11 genera distributed among three subfamilies plus three of undetermined placement. Smallest families are the Lecanitidae and Nannitidae, each represented by a single genus.

Distribution and range

Fossils of the Danubitoidea have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Russia, China, Papua New Guinea; Italy, Switzerland, Hungary; British Columbia, Yukon, Nunavut; Idaho, Nevada, and California.

References

• Classification of E. T. Tozer 1981 http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=startProcessPrintHierarchy&reference_no=18845&maximum_levels=100

E. T. Tozer. 1981. Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms. The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group 66-100

• Classification of E. T. Tozer 1994 http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=startProcessPrintHierarchy&reference_no=11541&maximum_levels=100

E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

• Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. R. C. Moore (ed) Geol Soc of America and Univ of Kansas press, 1957.