Craspeditidae
Extinct family of molluscs
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Craspeditidae is an ammonoid cephalopod family included in the Perisphinctoidea superfamily. Some classifiers consider the Craspeditidae a subfamily in the Polyptychitidae.
| Craspeditidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Craspedites nodiger | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | †Craspeditidae Spath, 1934 |
These ammonites lived during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.[1]
Genera
- Craspedites †
- Platylenticeras †
- Tolypeceras †[2][3]
