Neocomitidae is a family of

Lower Cretaceous Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eight ...

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 regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the Berriasellidae, a family within the

Perisphinctoidea Perisphinctoidea, formerly Perisphinctaceae, is a superfamily of Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) to Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) ammonites, commonly with evolute shells with strong ribbing that typically divides about mid flank before crossing the ven ...

that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae. Current opinion differers from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea but rather includes it in the superfamily

Endemoceratoidea Endemoceratoidea is a superfamily of true ammonites (suborder Ammonitina). Taxonomy Families included in the Endemoceratoidea are: * Endemoceratidae * Neocomitidae * Pulchelliidae ''Pulchelliidae'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod fam ...

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Genera

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Acanthodiscus ''Acanthodiscus'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the order Ammonitida and included in the persphinctacean family Berriasellidae. The type species, named by Bruguière, 1792, is ''Acanthodiscus radiatus''.Argentiniceras ''Argentiniceras'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. It belongs to the class Cephalopoda. Its fossils were found in Russia, Yemen, India, Mediterranean, Canada and South America South America is a co ...

'' Spath, 1924 *'' Berriasella'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Decliveites'' Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson, 2010 *'' Delphinella'' Le Hegarat, 1973 *'' Delphinites'' Sayn, 1901 *'' Distoloceras''

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, 1900 *'' Elenaella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Eleniceras'' Breskovski, 1967 *'' Ellenaela'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Favrella'' Douvillé, 1909 *'' Frenguelliceras'' Leanza, 1945 *'' Hatchericeras'' Stanton, 1901 *'' Jabronella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Karakaschiceras'' Thieuloy, 1971 *'' Kilianella'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Lemencia'' Donze and Enay 1961 *''

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'' Mayer-Eymar, 1887 *'' Luppovella'' Nikolov, 1966 *'' Lyticoceras'' Hyatt, 1900 *'' Neocomites'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Neohoploceras'' Spath, 1939 *'' Paquiericeras'' Sayn, 1901 *'' Parandiceras''

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, 1939 *'' Pseudoneocomites'' Hoedemaeker, 1982 *'' Pseudosubplanites'' Le Hegarat, 1973 *'' Sarasinella'' Uhlig, 1905 *'' Subalpinites'' Mazenot, 1939 *'' Substeueroceras'' Spath, 1922 *'' Thurmanniceras'' Cossmann, 1901 *'' Tirnovella'' Nikolov, 1966

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q16766347 Ammonitida families Perisphinctoidea Cretaceous ammonites Early Cretaceous first appearances Early Cretaceous extinctions