Himalayitidae

Himalayitidae
Temporal range: 150.8–140.2 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Himalayitidae
Spath, 1925[1]
Genera

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Synonyms

Himalayitinae

Himalayitidae is an extinct family of ammonites in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. Members of the family are from the late Upper Jurassic (Tithonian). The family is thought to derive from Perisphinctidae.

Genera

Ardesciella - †Aulacosphinctes - †Corongoceras - †Durangites - †Hegaratites - †Himalayites - †Parodontoceras - †Parrasiella - †Riasanella - †Tithopeltoceras - †Toucasiella - †Windhauseniceras

References

  1. Ammonites and aptychi. LF Spath, 1925
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