Ammonitida

Extinct order of molluscs

Ammonitida
Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous
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(Possible Early Paleocene fossils)
Parapuzosia seppenradensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Hyatt 1889
Suborders

Ammonitida or "True ammonites" are an order of ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures.

Ammonitida is divided into four suborders, the Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ancyloceratina, and Ammonitina.

The Phylloceratina is the ancestral stock, derived from the Ceratitida near the end of the Triassic. The Phylloceratina gave rise to the Lytoceratina near the beginning of the Jurassic which in turn gave rise to the highly specialized Ancyloceratina near the end of the Jurassic. Both the Phylloceratina and Lytoceratina gave rise to various stocks combined in the Ammonitina.

These four suborders are further divided into different stocks, comprising various families combined into superfamilies. Some like the Hildoceratoidea and Stephanoceratoidea are restricted to the Jurassic. Others like the Hoplitoidea and Acanthoceratoidea are known only from the Cretaceous. Still others like the Perisphinctoidea are found in both.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Ammonitida.
  • Arkell, W. J.; Furnish, W. M.; Kummel, Bernhard; Miller, A.K.; Moore, R.C.; Schindewolf, O.H. (1957). "Part L, Mollusca 4: Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea". In Raymond C. Moore (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press – via Internet Archive.
  • Classification of N. H. Landman et al. 2007
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Notable fossil cephalopods (listed by first occurrence)
Cenozoic
Evolution of
cephalopods
Mesozoic
Advanced nautiloids
Nautilaceae
True ammonites
Ceratitid ammonoids
late Nautilida
Advanced belemnoids
Diplobelids: Diplobelus
Belemnites:
Belemnites
Belemnopsis
Belemnotheutis
Palaeozoic
First appearance of long-lasting lineages
Goniatite and ceratite ammonoids
Probable coleoid ancestor Bactritida
Early coleoids: Jeletzkya?, Gordoniconus, Syllipsimopodi
Earliest belemnoids: Aulacocerids
Phragmoteuthids
Early forms
the earliest cephalopod group Ellesmerocerida
Orthocones: Endocerida, Orthocerida, Actinocerida
Brevicones: Ascocerida, Oncocerida
Earliest coiled cephalopods: Tarphycerida
Spirulid?: Shimanskya
Misidentified
Taxon identifiers
Ammonitida
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  • Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine


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