Collignoniceratidae is a family of Upper Cretaceous ammonites characterized by typically more or less evolute shells with compressed, oval, or square whorl sections; serrate or entire keels; and dense ribs with one to 5 tubercles.

Taxonomy

This family, named by Wright and Wright in 1951, is divided into four subfamilies; Collignoniceratinae, Barroisiceratinae, Peroniceratinae, and Texanitinae. The family is included in the large ammonitid superfamily

Acanthoceratoidea Acanthoceratoidea, formerly Acanthocerataceae, is a superfamily of Upper Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the order Ammonitida, and comprising some 10 or so families.W.J Arkell ''et al''., Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate ...

which lasted until the end of the Cretaceous. The Collignoniceratidae are derived from the

Acanthoceratidae Acanthoceratidae is an extinct family of acanthoceratoid cephalopods in the order Ammonitida, known from the Upper Cretaceous. The type genus is '' Acanthoceras''. Diagnosis Acanthoceratidae species are strongly tuberculate with at least umbil ...

, first appearing early in the

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded ...

(early U Cret) and lasting until the mid

Campanian The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campani ...

(late U Cret), a span of some 20 million years Collignoniceratidae Wright & Wright, 1951 (synonyms - Prionocyclidae Breistroffer, 1947; Prionotropidae Zittel, 1865) *Subfamily Barroisiceratinae Basse, 1947 **Genus ''

Barroisiceras ''Barroisiceras'' is an acanthoceratacean ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian, included in the family Collignoniceratidae. Diagnosis The shell of ''Barroisiceras'' is rather involute, coiled such that the outer whorl embraces much of ...

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, 1894 **Genus ''

Forresteria ''Forresteria'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea. They flourished during the late Turonian and early Coniacian of the Late Cretaceous,Cobban, William A. ''et al'' (2006) "A USGS Zonal Table for the Upper C ...

'' (Reeside, 1932) **Genus '' Solgerites'' Reeside, 1932 **Genus ''

Yabeiceras ''Yabeiceras'' is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the ammonite family Collignoniceratidae.Collignoniceratinae Wright & Wright, 1951 **Genus ''

Cibolaites The genus ''Cibolaites'' is a strongly ribbed and nodose ammonoid cephalopod from the middle Cretaceous of western New Mexico, included in the taxonomic family Collignoniceratidae. A single species ''Cibolaites molenaari'' is known. Description ...

'' Cobban & Hook, 1983 **Genus '' Collignoniceras'' Breistroffer, 1947 **Genus '' Collignonicerites'' Kennedy et al., 2001 **Genus '' Prionocyclites'' Kennedy, 1988 **Genus '' Prionocyclus'' Meek, 1876 **Genus '' Reesidites'' Wright & Matsumoto, 1954 **Genus '' Subprionotropis'' Basse, 1950 *Subfamily Peroniceratinae Hyatt, 1900 **Genus '' Gauthiericeras'' de

, 1894 **Genus ''

Peroniceras ''Peroniceras'' is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae. Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoid ...

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, 1894 **Genus '' Prionocycloceras'' Spath, 1926 *Subfamily Texanitinae Collignon, 1948 **Genus '' Bevahites'' Collignon, 1948 **Genus '' Cryptotexanites'' Kennedy & Cobban, 1993 **Genus '' Menabites'' Collignon, 1948 **Genus '' Paratexanites'' Collignon, 1948 **Genus '' Plesiotexanites'' Matsumoto, 1970 **Genus '' Protexanites'' Matsumoto, 1955 **Genus '' Reginaites'' Reyment, 1957 **Genus '' Submortoniceras'' Spath, 1926 **Genus '' Texanites'' Spath, 1932

References

* Arkell et al., 1957, Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Geological Soc. of America, Univ of Kansas Press. R.C. Moore, (Ed) * W. A. Cobban and Hook, S. C. 1983 Mid-Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite fauna from Fence Lake area of west-central New Mexico. Memoir 41, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro NM. * W. A. Cobban and Hook, S. C. 1979, Collignoniceras woollgari wooollgari (Mantell) ammonite fauna from Upper Cretaceous of Western Interior, United States. Memoir 37, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro NM. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5147209 Ammonitida families Acanthoceratoidea Cretaceous ammonites Turonian first appearances Campanian extinctions