Craspeditidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of molluscs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Jurassic|Early Cretaceous}}

| image = Craspeditidae - Craspedites nodiger.JPG

| image_caption = Craspedites nodiger

| taxon = Craspeditidae

| authority = Spath, 1934

}}

Craspeditidae is an ammonoid cephalopod family included in the Perisphinctoidea superfamily. Some classifiers consider the Craspeditidae a subfamily in the Polyptychitidae.

These ammonites lived during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.V. V. Mittaa and Jingeng Sha [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225400429_Ammonite_distribution_across_the_Jurassic-Cretaceous_boundary_in_central_russia Ammonite Distribution Across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary in Central Russia]

Genera

  • Craspedites
  • Platylenticeras
  • Tolypeceras[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxontree/id134149/ Biolib][http://www.ammonites.narod.ru/crasp/crasp.htm Craspeditidae ammonites in Ammonites]

References