Ussuritidae

Ussuritidae
Temporal range: Triassic
Fossil of Monophyllites sphaerophyllus from Bosnia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Phylloceratina
Family: Ussuritidae

Ussuritidae are ancestral, Triassic, Phylloceratina characterized by generally smooth, discoidal, evolute shells with rounded venters and little or no ornamentation and by sutures with primitive monophyllitic saddles with a single terminal branch or leaflet.[1]

The Ussuritidae are most likely derived from the Dieneroceratidae[1] and give rise to the Discophyllitidae. Seven genera are included:

Genera are distinguished on the basis of shell morphology and characteristics of the suture.[1]

Ussuritidae are also known as the Monophyllitidae, a junior synonym. Palaeophyllitidae, for Palaeophyllites, is sometimes found in the literature.[2]

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