Jeletzkytes

Jeletzkytes is an extinct genus of scaphatoid ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America named and described by Riccardi, 1983. In overall form Jeletzkytes closely resembles the genus Scaphites.

Jeletzkytes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Jeletzkytes, from the United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Suborder:	†Ancyloceratina
Family:	†Scaphitidae
Subfamily:	†Scaphitinae
Genus:	†Jeletzkytes Riccardi, 1983
Species
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A number of species have been described in the genus including:

• J. brevis
• J. compressus
• J. crassus
• J. criptonodosus
• J. dorfi
• J. furnivali
• J. nebrascensis
• J. nodosus
• J. spedeni