Yezoites

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

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Coniacian|Santonian|Coniacian- Santonian}}

| taxon = Yezoites

| authority = Yabe, 1910

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Y. bladenensis Schlüter, 1871
• Y. orbignyi Kennedy, 1995
• Y. planus Yabe, 1910
• Y. puerculus Jimbo, 1894
• Y. subevolutus Böse, 1928

| synonyms =

• Otoscaphites Wright, 1953

}}

Yezoites is an extinct genus of ammonites placed in the family Scaphitidae. The genus is known lived during the Upper Cretaceous and was first described in 1910.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15818 Fossilworks Yezoites entry 26 Nov 2017] The genus contains five species, Y. bladenensis, Y. orbignyi, Y. planus, Y. puerculus, and Y. subevolutus.

Yezoites was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan and has since been identified in Antarctica, Denmark, France, Madagascar, and the United States. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.