Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: † Ammonoidea
SubOrdo: Lytoceratina
Superfamilia: Tetragonitaceae
Familia: † Tetragonitidae
Genus: Pseudophyllites
Name
Tetragonitidae Hyatt 1900
References
Kennedy, W. J., Landman, N. H., Cobban, W. A., & Johnson, R. O., (2000). "Additions to the Ammonite Fauna of the Upper Cretaceous Navesink Formation of New Jersey" American Museum Novitates 3306(1):1–30
Tetragonitidae is a family of Cretaceous lytoceratin ammonites typically with square or trapezoidal whorl section at least during some growth stage. Members of this family are usually smooth but some lirate or striate, often with constrictions. Other features include suture with a varying number of auxiliary saddles, and an internal suture with two or more. Major saddles are irregularly trifid. The family is derived from the genus Tetragonites.
Taxonomy
Presently the Tetragonitidae are divided into two subfamilies:
subfam. Gabbioceratinae
Gabbioceras
Jauberticeras
subfam. Tetragonitinae
Parajaubertella
Takahashia
Tetragonites
The Tetragonitidae have also been known as the Tetragonitinae, a subfamily of the Tetrogonitidae (sensu Arkell et al., 1957) which also included the Gaudryderatinae, which has since been elevated to the full family Gaudriceratidae.
References
Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America. R.C. Moore, ed.
Paleobiology Database-Tetragonitidae
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