Yezoites

Yezoites
Temporal range: Coniacian- Santonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ancyloceratida
Family: Scaphitidae
Genus: Yezoites

Yezoites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod from the Upper Cretaceous that has been assigned to the Scaphitidae of the Ancyloceratida.[1]


Yezoites was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan and has since been identified in Antarctica, Denmark, France, Madagascar, and the United States.

Placement in the Scaphitidae [1] is doubtful. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yezoites, Paleodb 9/2/13