Scaphitidae is a family of extinct

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan Taxonomic rank, class Cephalopoda (Greek language, Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral symm ...

s belonging to the family of heteromorph

ammonite Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...

s (suborder

Ancyloceratina The Ancyloceratina were a diverse suborder of ammonite most closely related to the ammonites of order Lytoceratina. They evolved during the Late Jurassic but were not very common until the Cretaceous period, when they rapidly diversified and beca ...

). 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 and was first described in 1910. The genus contains five species, ''Y. bladenensis'', ''Y. orbignyi'', ''Y. pla ...

'' Yabe, 1910 *Subfamily Scaphitinae Gill, 1871 **''

Acanthoscaphites ''Acanthoscaphites'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. The average diameter of its shell was approximately , but some specimens have been found with a diameter of slightly over . Classification ''Acanthoscaphi ...

'' 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 ''Discoscaphites '' is an extinct genus of ammonite Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the ...

'' Meek, 1870 **'' Eoscaphites'' Breistroffer, 1947 **''

Hoploscaphites ''Hoploscaphites'' is an extinct ammonite genus from the Upper Cretaceous and the Lower Paleocene, included in the family Scaphitidae. Morphology It is considered by some to be a subgenus of ''Scaphites''. Like ''Scaphites,'' the shell of ''Hop ...

'' Nowak, 1911 **'' Indoscaphites'' Spath, 1953 **''

Jeletzkytes ''Jeletzkytes'' is an extinct genus of scaphatoid ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America named and described by Riccardi, 1983. In overall form ''Jeletzkytes'' closely resembles the genus ''Scaphites ''Scaphites' ...

'' Riccardi, 1983 **''

Ponteixites ''Rhaeboceras'' is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the subfamily Scaphitinae. Species belonging to the genus lived during the Cretaceous and have been found in the Pierre Shale of North America. Taxonomy The genus ''Ponteixites'' is ...

'' Warren, 1934 **''

Rhaeboceras ''Rhaeboceras'' is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the subfamily Scaphitinae. Species belonging to the genus lived during the Cretaceous and have been found in the Pierre Shale of North America. Taxonomy The genus ''Ponteixites'' is ...

'' Meek, 1876 **''

Scaphites ''Scaphites'' is a genus of heteromorph ammonites belonging to the Scaphitidae family. They were a widespread genus that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period. Morphology ''Scaphites'' generally have a chambered, boat-shaped shell. The ini ...

'' Parkinson, 1811 **'' Trachyscaphites'' Cobban & Scott, 1964 *Subfamily ''Incertae sedis'' **'' Worthoceras'' Adkins, 1928Paleobiology Database
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References

Ammonitida families {{Ammonitida-stub