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:	Endemoceratoidea
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.

In the 1967 description of the family^[1] Neocomitidae was regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the Berriasellidae, a family within the Perisphinctoidae that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment ^[2] berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae.

Current opinion differes from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea^[1] but rather includes it in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea.^[3][4]

Genera

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

References