Hemihoplitidae
Hemihoplitidae is an extinct family of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the superfamily Ancyloceratoidea. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France, Mexico, Slovakia, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2]
| Hemihoplitidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, [1] | |
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| Fossil shells of Gassendiceras alpinum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | †Ancyloceratoidea |
| Family: | †Hemihoplitidae Spath, 1924 |
Genera
- Gassendiceras Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006[3]
- Hemihoplites Spath, 1924[1]
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Wright, Claud William; with John Hannes Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 228.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Les Phylums d'ammonites représentés au Barrémien - Hemihoplitidae". Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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