Coilopoceratidae

Coilopoceratidae Temporal range: Turonian–Coniacian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Herrickiceras costatus (Placenticeras costatum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Superfamily:	†Acanthoceratoidea
Family:	†Coilopoceratidae Hyatt, 1903
Genera
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Coilopoceratidae is a family of generally large, proper ammnites with strongly involute shells from the Upper Cretaceous, Turonian and Coniacian stages. Coilopoceratids have variably compressed shells with flattish to broadly rounded sides and narrowly rounded to sharp keel-like venters. Whorl sections are generally lanceolate. The suture is ammonitic with an overall clumpy appearance.

The Coilopoceratidae are derived from the Tissotiidae by a secondary re-development of an ammonitic suture and of more narrowly compressed shells.

Genera

• Coilopoceras Hyatt, 1903 (synonym = Glebosoceras Reyment, 1954) - from north and west Africa, Syria, Baluchistan, and western North America (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas).
• Herrickiceras Cobban & Hook, 1980 - from Western North America, central Africa, and the Middle East.
• Hoplitoides von Koenen, 1898 – from north and west Africa, Syria, Columbia, Peru, western North America.

References

• Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Paleobiology Database Coilopoceratidae entry