Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Ceratitida | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Ammonoidea Rank Superfamily | |
The Danubitaceae is a large and diverse superfamily in the Order Ceratitida of the Ammonoidea that combines five families removed from the Ceratitaceae, Clydonitaceae, and Ptychitaceae.
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Taxonomy
Superfamily Danubitaceae
The largest family in the Danubitaceae is the Longobarditidae with 11 genera distributed among three subfamilies plus three of undetermined placement. Smallest families are the Lecanitidae and Nannitidae, each represented by a single genus.
Distribution and Range
Fossils of the Danubitaceae have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Russia, China, Papua New Guinea; Italy, Switzerland, Hungary; British Columbia, Yukon, Nunavut; Idaho, Nevada, and California.
References
Danubitaceae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA