Scaphitidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of ammonites}}

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| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous-Early Paleocene, {{fossilrange|Albian|Danian}} Almost certain Danian survival of Hoploscaphites

| image = Scaphitidae - Scaphites species.JPG

| image_caption = Scaphites species fossil

| parent_authority = Gill, 1871

| taxon = Scaphitidae

| authority = Gill, 1871

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision = See text

}}

Scaphitidae is a family of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family of heteromorph ammonites (suborder Ancyloceratina). There is a possible fossil record of them being the last ammonites with fossils dating to the Danian of the Paleocene in Denmark, the Netherlands, the US and Turkmenistan.

Genera

Scaphitidae Gill, 1871

References

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Category:Ammonitida families

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