Berriasellinae is a subfamily of very late Jurassic and very early Cretaceous
perisphinctoid ammonites in the family
Neocomitidae
Neocomitidae is a family of Lower Cretaceous ammonitids comprising genera with strongly ribbed evolute (all whorls exposed) to smooth, fairly involute (inner whorls mostly hidden) shells.
In the 1957 description of the family Neocomitidae was r ...
. Berriasellinae comprises generally compressed, evolute genera, typically with furcated ribbing, and in some a smooth ventral band or groove. Berriasellinae are derived from the Ataxioceratidae and gave rise to the other
Neocomitidae
Neocomitidae is a family of Lower Cretaceous ammonitids comprising genera with strongly ribbed evolute (all whorls exposed) to smooth, fairly involute (inner whorls mostly hidden) shells.
In the 1957 description of the family Neocomitidae was r ...
. The short lived
Himalayitidae from the uppermost Jurassic have a similar appearance but differ in being generally broader and having sharper ribbing.
In current classifications (e.g. Donovan ''et al.'' 1981) berriasellid perisphinctaceans are included in the Neocomitidae as a subfamily, the Berriasellinae. In older classification such as the
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part L (1957), neocomitid genera are included in the Berriasellidae, ''
sensu lato'', as the Neocomitinae.
Berriasellinae includes the genera ''
Andiceras
''Andiceras'' is an enigmatic perisphinctacean ammonite belonging to the neocomitid subfamily Berriasellinae. ''Andiceras'' was named by Krantz in 1926 and is known from Tithonian sediments in Argentina and the Chinameca and La Caja Formations ...
'', ''
Berriasella
''Berriasella'' is a discoidal evolute perisphinctacean ammonite, and type genus for the neocomitid subfamily Berriasellinae. Its ribbing is distinct, consisting of both simple and bifurcated ribs that extend from the umbilical seam across the ...
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Blanfordiceras
''Blanfordiceras'' is a strongly ribbed, evolute ammonite included in the perisphinctacean family, Neocomitidae
Neocomitidae is a family of Lower Cretaceous ammonitids comprising genera with strongly ribbed evolute (all whorls exposed) to sm ...
'', ''
Delphinella
''Delphinella'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dothioraceae.
Species
The genus has 7 accepted species:
*'' Delphinella abietis''
*''Delphinella balsameae
''Delphinella balsameae'' is a species of fungus in the family Dothiorac ...
'', ''
Elenaella'', ''
Jabronella'', ''
Parandiceras'', ''
Raimondiceras
''Raimondiceras'' Upper Jurassic ammonite belonging to the ammonitida
Ammonitida is an order of ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures.
Ammonitida is divided ...
'', ''
Subalpinites'', ''
Substeueroceras'', and ''
Tirnovella''.
References
*Arkell, ''et al.'', 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of Americia and University of Kansas press.
*Donovan, Callomon and Howarth 1981. Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina; Systematics Association
Paleobiology Database Berriasellinae entryaccessed 11/26/10
Perisphinctoidea
Tithonian first appearances
Early Cretaceous extinctions
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