Taffertia

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|182.7|181.2|ref=M. K. Howarth 2013. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea.|Early Toarcian}}

| image = Taffertia taffertensis.png

| image_caption = Fossil shell of Taffertia taffertensis from High Atlas (Morocco), in personal collection

| taxon = Taffertia

| authority = Guex, 1973

| type_species = Taffertia taffertensis

| type_species_authority = Guex, 1973

}}

Taffertia is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age in the Falciferum zone and possibly only in Exaratum subzone. Its fossils were found in Canada, Morocco, Algeria and Italy[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15707 The Paleobiology Database]MOUTERDE, R.; ELMI, S. Caracteres differentiels des faunes d'Ammonites du Toarcien des bordures de la Tethys; signification paleogeographique. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 1991, 162.6: 1185-1195.