Yezoites
| Yezoites Temporal range: Coniacian- Santonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ancyloceratida |
| Family: | Scaphitidae |
| Genus: | Yezoites |
Yezoites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod from the Upper Cretaceous that has been assigned to the Scaphitidae of the Ancyloceratida.[1]
Yezoites was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan and has since been identified in Antarctica, Denmark, France, Madagascar, and the United States.
Placement in the Scaphitidae [1] is doubtful. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.
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