Mazapilitinae is a subfamily of
Upper Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
ammonites included in the
Oppeliidae
Oppeliidae are compressed to oxyconic, sculptured Haploceratoidea, either unkeeled, unicarinate, bicarinate, or tricarinate; with sutures in great variety, but ribbing usually more or less falcoid or falcate. The Oppeliidae is the principal famil ...
. Shells are involute; venter rounded or gently tabulate; ribbing coarse, fold-like, branching.
[W.J. Arkell ''et al.'', 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.]
Genera include ''
Mazapilites'', ''
Submazapilites'', and ''
Eurynoticeras'', which have been found in
Kimmeridgian
In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 157.3 ± 1.0 Ma and 152.1 ± 0.9 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxfordian ...
age marine sediments in southern Europe and Mexico.
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References
Oppeliidae
Jurassic ammonites
Kimmeridgian first appearances
Late Jurassic extinctions
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