Crioceratites

Crioceratites
Temporal range:
Crioceratites species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Crioceratitidae
Genus: Crioceratites
Léveillé, 1837
Synonyms
  • Crioceras d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Crioceratites (Crioceras) d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Toxoceras d'Orbigny, 1842

Crioceratites is an ammonite genus from the Early Cretaceous belonging to the Ancyloceratoidea.

Crioceratites was formerly included in the Ancyloceratidae, in the subfamily Crioceratinae which was subsequently elevated in rank to the family Crioceratidae. Crioceras and Toxoceras d'Orbigny and possibly Emericiceras Sarka 1954 are junior synonyms.

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