Neocomitidae is a family of

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ammonitids comprising genera with strongly ribbed evolute (all whorls exposed) to smooth, fairly involute (inner whorls mostly hidden) shells. In the 1957 description of the family Neocomitidae was regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the

Berriasellidae Berriasellinae is a subfamily of very late Jurassic and very early Cretaceous perisphinctoid ammonites in the family Neocomitidae. Berriasellinae comprises generally compressed, evolute genera, typically with furcated ribbing, and in some a smo ...

, a family within the

Perisphinctoidea Perisphinctoidea, formerly Perisphinctaceae, is a superfamily of Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) ammonites, commonly with evolute shells with strong ribbing that typically divides about mid flank before crossing the ven ...

that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae. Current opinion differers from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea but rather includes it in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea.Ammonites, taxa
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Genera

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Acanthodiscus ''Acanthodiscus'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the order Ammonitida and included in the persphinctacean family Berriasellidae. The type species, named by Bruguière, 1792, is ''Acanthodiscus radiatus''.Argentiniceras'' Spath, 1924 *''

Berriasella ''Berriasella'' is a discoidal evolute perisphinctacean ammonite, and type genus for the neocomitid subfamily Berriasellinae. Its ribbing is distinct, consisting of both simple and bifurcated ribs that extend from the umbilical seam across the ...

'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Decliveites'' Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson, 2010 *'' Delphinella'' Le Hegarat, 1973 *'' Delphinites'' Sayn, 1901 *'' Distoloceras''

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, 1900 *'' Elenaella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Eleniceras''

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, 1967 *'' Ellenaela'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Favrella'' Douvillé, 1909 *''

Frenguelliceras ''Frenguelliceras'' is an ammonite genus from the Lower Cretaceous included in the perisphinctoid family Neocomitidae named by Leanza in 1945. The type species, ''F. magister'', is from the Valanginian,(Lower Cretaceous), of Argentina. ''Fren ...

'' Leanza, 1945 *'' Hatchericeras'' Stanton, 1901 *'' Jabronella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Karakaschiceras'' Thieuloy, 1971 *''

Kilianella ''Kilianella'' is a genus of the ammonite family Neocomitidae. The shell of ''Kilianella'' is evolute with a slightly grooved venter and covered by strong, gently flexious, single or bifurcating ribs. ''Kilianella'' has a widespread distribution ...

'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Lemencia'' Donze and Enay 1961 *'' Leopoldia'' Mayer-Eymar, 1887 *'' Luppovella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Lyticoceras'' Hyatt, 1900 *''

Neocomites ''Neocomites'' is a genus of ammonite from the Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian to Hauterivian, and type genus for the Neocomitidae. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontol ...

'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Neohoploceras'' Spath, 1939 *'' Paquiericeras'' Sayn, 1901 *'' Parandiceras''

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, 1939 *'' Pseudoneocomites'' Hoedemaeker, 1982 *'' Pseudosubplanites'' Le Hegarat, 1973 *'' Sarasinella'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Subalpinites'' Mazenot, 1939 *'' Substeueroceras'' Spath, 1922 *'' Thurmanniceras'' Cossmann, 1901 *''

Tirnovella ''Tirnovella'' is an extinct subgenus of ammonoid cephalopod, from the early Cretaceous. Use in Stratigraphy The group is often used as an index fossil, with ''Tirnovella alpillensis'' being used to define border between the Berriasian and t ...

'' Nikolov, 1966

References

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q16766347 Ammonitida families Perisphinctoidea Cretaceous ammonites Early Cretaceous first appearances Early Cretaceous extinctions