Diplomoceratidae

Diplomoceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ammonitida. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments (age range: from 99.7 to 66.043 million years ago).^[2] Studies of Diplomoceras suggest that members of this family could reach lifespans of over 200 years.^[3]

Diplomoceratidae Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scalarites scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Suborder:	†Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:	†Turrilitoidea
Family:	†Diplomoceratidae Spath, 1926 [1]

Genera

• Chesapeakella Kennedy and Cobban, 1993
• Diplomoceras Hyatt, 1900
• Glyptoxoceras Spath, 1925
• Neancyloceras Spath, 1926
• Scalarites Wright and Matsumoto, 1954
• Neoglyptoxoceras Collignon, 1969
• Phylloptychoceras Spath, 1953
• Oxybeloceras Hyatt, 1900
• Polyptychoceras Yabe, 1927
• Pseudoxybeloceras Wright and Matsumoto, 1954
• Solenoceras Conrad, 1860