Parahoplitidae
| Parahoplitidae Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous | |
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| Fossil shell of Dufrenoya dufrenoyi from 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: | Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | Deshayesitaceae |
| Family: | Parahoplitidae Spath 1922 |
Parahoplitidae is an extinct family of Cretaceous ammonites with stoutly ribbed, compressed, generally involute shells lacking or with only minor tubercles included in the Deshayestaceae, a superfamily now separated from the Hoplitacaceae.
Subfamilies and genera
- 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.