Holcodiscidae
| Holcodiscidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–84.9 Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Spitidiscus species from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Holcodiscidae Spath 1924 |
Holcodiscidae is an ammonite family placed in the order Ammonitida.
Genera
- Holcodiscus
- Jeanthieuloyites
- Parasaynoceras
- Spitidiscus
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments in Argentina, Austria, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Russia. [1]
References
- W.J. Arkell, et al, 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and Univ Kansas Press.
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