Neocomitidae
Extinct family of molluscs
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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.[1]
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| Fossil shell of Berriasella jabronensis from Gard (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | †Neocomitidae |
In the 1957 description of the family[2] Neocomitidae was regarded as the subfamily Neocomitinae within the Berriasellidae, a family within the Perisphinctoidea that ranged from the Late Jurassic into the Early Cretaceous. In a more recent treatment [3] berriaselids are regarded as a subfamily within the Neocomitidae.
Current opinion differs from the 1967 placement of Neocomitidae in the Perisphinctoidea[2] but rather includes it in the superfamily Endemoceratoidea.[4][5]
Genera
- Acanthodiscus Uhlig, 1905
- Argentiniceras Spath, 1924
- Berriasella Uhlig, 1905
- Decliveites Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson, 2010
- Delphinella Le Hegarat, 1973
- Delphinites Sayn, 1901
- Distoloceras Hyatt, 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
- Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar, 1887
- Luppovella Nikolov, 1966
- Lyticoceras Hyatt, 1900
- Neocomites Uhlig, 1905
- Neohoploceras Spath, 1939
- Paquiericeras Sayn, 1901
- Parandiceras Spath, 1939
- Pseudoneocomites Hoedemaeker, 1982
- Pseudosubplanites Le Hegarat, 1973
- Sarasinella Uhlig, 1905
- Subalpinites Mazenot, 1939
- Substeueroceras Spath, 1922
- Thurmanniceras Cossmann, 1901
- Tirnovella Nikolov, 1966