Parahoplitidae Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home The Paleobiology Database