Harpoceratinae
| Harpoceratinae Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous, 184.1–130.0Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Harpoceras subplanatum from Isère (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 |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Hildoceratoidea |
| Family: | Hildoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpoceratinae Neumayr 1875 |
Harpoceratinae is an extinct subfamily of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae.
Genera
- Cleviceras Howarth 1992
- Eleganticeras
- Harpoceras
- Osperleioceras Krimholtz and Tazikhin 1957
- Ovaticeras
- Polyplectus
- Pseudolioceras
- Sphenarpites
- Taffertia
- Tiltoniceras Buckman 1913
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of France and in the Jurassic rocks of Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. [1]