Scaphitidae
{{Short description|Extinct family of ammonites}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| 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
- Subfamily Otoscaphitinae Wright, 1953
- Yezoites Yabe, 1910
- Subfamily Scaphitinae Gill, 1871
- Acanthoscaphites Nowak, 1911
- Clioscaphites 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, 1928[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&is_real_user=1&taxon_no=95940 Paleobiology Database]
References
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