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 venter.
Classification
Some 16 families have been recognized in the Perisphinctoidea. The following is based on Donovan ''et al.'' 1981
[Donovan, Callomon and Howarth 1981 Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina; Systematics Association. ] with modification from the
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957)[
*]Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctidae is a family of Middle and Upper Jurassic discoidal ammonites in the order Ammonitida. They have a shell morphology that is mostly evolute, typically with biplicate, simple, or triplicate ribbing. Large forms have simple aperture ...
: Middle and Upper Jurassic root stock, derived from the Stephanoceratidae
Stephanoceratidae is a family of planulate and coronate ammonites within the Stephanoceratoidea.Arkell, Kummel, and Wright, 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Shells are evolute so that all whorl ...
(Middle Jurassic direct derivatives of the Perisphinctidae)
* Morphiceratidae
* Tulitidae
*Reineckeiidae
Reineckeiidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, from the Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age ...
* Pachyceratidae
*Aspidoceratidae
The Aspidoceratidae comprise a family of middle and upper Jurassic ammonites that make up part of the superfamily Perisphinctoidea, characterized by evolute shells, commonly stocky, that tend to develop tubercles.
The Aspidoceratidae are thought ...
(early Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) derivatives of Perisphinctidae)
* Aulacostephanidae
* Ataxioceratidae
(mid Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) derivatives of the Ataxioceratidae)
* Dorsoplanitidae
* Virgatitidae
(late Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) derivatives of Perisphinctidae)
* Simoceratidae
* Himalayitidae
* Olcostephanidae
* Holcodiscidae (indirect, from Olcostaphanidae)(now placed in the suberfamily Desmoceratoidea)
(Lower Cretaceous Perisphinctoidea (Berriasan - Hauterivien)
*Berriasellidae
Berriasellinae is a subfamily of very late Jurassic and very early Cretaceous perisphinctoid ammonites in the family Neocomitidae. Berriasellinae comprises generally compressed, evolute genera, typically with furcated ribbing, and in some a smo ...
(derived from Ataxioceratidae)(now considered a subfamily of Neocomitidae)
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*Neocomitidae (derived from Berriasellidae)(now placed in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea)
*Oosterellidae (Hauterivian derivative of the Neocomitidae)
References
Perisphinctoidea,
Ammonitina
Prehistoric animal superfamilies
Bajocian first appearances
Early Cretaceous extinctions
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