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Mazapilitinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ammonitida

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Superfamily
  
Haplocerataceae

Mazapilitinae is a subfamily of Upper Jurassic ammonites included in the Oppeliidae. Shells are involute; venter rounded or gently tabulate; ribbing coarse, fold-like, branching.

Genera include Mazapilites, Submazapilites, and Eurynoticeras, which have been found in Kimmeridgian age marine sediments in southern Europe and Mexico.

References

Mazapilitinae Wikipedia