Scaphitidae is a family of extinct

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s belonging to the family of heteromorph

ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttle ...

s (suborder Ancyloceratina). There is a possible fossil record of them being the last ammonites with fossils dating to the

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Genera

Scaphitidae Gill, 1871 *Subfamily Otoscaphitinae Wright, 1953 **''

Yezoites ''Yezoites'' is an extinct genus of ammonites placed in the family Scaphitidae. The genus is known lived during the Upper Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided ...

'' Yabe, 1910 *Subfamily Scaphitinae Gill, 1871 **'' Acanthoscaphites'' Nowak, 1911 **''

Clioscaphites ''Clioscaphites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the family Scaphitidae. Species in this genus are important index fossils of the Western Interior Seaway of the Coniacian to Santonian Ages of the Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is ...

'' Cobban, 1951 **'' Discoscaphites'' Meek, 1870 **'' Eoscaphites'' Breistroffer, 1947 **'' Hoploscaphites'' Nowak, 1911 **'' Indoscaphites'' Spath, 1953 **'' Jeletzkytes'' Riccardi, 1983 **'' Ponteixites'' Warren, 1934 **'' Rhaeboceras'' Meek, 1876 **'' Scaphites'' Parkinson, 1811 **'' Trachyscaphites'' Cobban & Scott, 1964 *Subfamily ''Incertae sedis'' **'' Worthoceras'' Adkins, 1928Paleobiology Database
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References

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