Ataxioceratidae
{{Short description|Extinct family of molluscs}}
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|fossil_range = from Jurassic to Cretaceous, {{Fossilrange|160|140.2}}{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Ataxioceratidae | year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=91704| access-date = 2017-10-19 }}
|image = Ataxioceratidae - Lithacoceras achilles.JPG
|image_caption = Fossil of Lithacoceras achilles from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
|taxon = Ataxioceratidae
|authority = Buckman 1921
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Ataxioceratidae is an extinct Ammonite cephalopod family included in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Genera
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Yemen, as well as in Jurassic sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Nepal, Somalia, Spain, United States.
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Category:Oxfordian first appearances
Category:Early Cretaceous extinctions
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