Silesitidae

Silesitidae is an ammonite family in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age.[1]

Silesitidae
Temporal range: [1]
Silesites seranonis from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Desmoceratoidea
Family: Silesitidae
Hyatt 1900
Genera
  • Neoastieria
  • Piatnitzkyceras
  • Silesites
  • Silesitoidinae

Genera

  • Neoastieria
  • Piatnitzkyceras
  • Silesites
  • Silesitoidinae

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain.[1]

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