Parahoplitidae

Parahoplitidae Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dufrenoya dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Suborder:	†Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:	†Deshayesitoidea
Family:	†Parahoplitidae Spath, 1922
Subfamilies
See text

Parahoplitidae is an extinct family of Cretaceous ammonites with stoutly ribbed, compressed, generally involute shells lacking or with only minor tubercles included in the Deshayestoidea, a superfamily now separated from the Hoplitacaceae.

Subfamilies and genera

The family contains two subfamilies and eight genera.[1]

• 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

1. The Paleobiology Database

• Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.