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.[1]
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| Fossil shell of Berriasella jabronensis from Gard (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | †Neocomitidae |
In the 1957 description of the family[2] Neocomitidae was regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the Berriasellidae, a family within the Perisphinctoidea that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment [3] berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae.
Current opinion differers from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea[2] but rather includes it in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea.[4][5]
Genera edit
- Acanthodiscus Uhlig, 1905
- Argentiniceras Spath, 1924
- Berriasella Uhlig, 1905
- Decliveites Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson, 2010
- Delphinella Le Hegarat, 1973
- Delphinites Sayn, 1901
- Distoloceras Hyatt, 1900
- Elenaella Nikolov, 1966
- Eleniceras Breskovski, 1967
- Ellenaela Nikolov, 1966
- Favrella Douvillé, 1909
- Frenguelliceras Leanza, 1945
- Hatchericeras Stanton, 1901
- Jabronella Nikolov, 1966
- Karakaschiceras Thieuloy, 1971
- Kilianella Uhlig, 1905
- Lemencia Donze and Enay 1961
- Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar, 1887
- Luppovella Nikolov, 1966
- Lyticoceras Hyatt, 1900
- Neocomites Uhlig, 1905
- Neohoploceras Spath, 1939
- Paquiericeras Sayn, 1901
- Parandiceras Spath, 1939
- Pseudoneocomites Hoedemaeker, 1982
- Pseudosubplanites Le Hegarat, 1973
- Sarasinella Uhlig, 1905
- Subalpinites Mazenot, 1939
- Substeueroceras Spath, 1922
- Thurmanniceras Cossmann, 1901
- Tirnovella Nikolov, 1966
References edit
- ^ Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 49-67.
- ^ a b Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- ^ the Paleobiology database Neocomitidae entry accessed April 2013
- ^ Taxonomy jsdammonites
- ^ Ammonites, taxa
External links edit
- "Neocomitidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- "Neocomitidae". EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Vol. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 49 – via Internet Archive.