Desmoceratidae

Desmoceratidae is a family belonging to the ammonite superfamily Desmoceratoidea.^[1][2] They are an extinct group of ammonoids, shelled cephalopods related to squid, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids, that lived between the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Valanginian) and Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian).

Desmoceratidae Temporal range: Valanginian - Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Beudanticeras ambanjabense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Superfamily:	†Desmoceratoidea
Family:	†Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895
Genera
Abrytasites Barremites Beudanticeras Damesites Desmoceras Freboldiceras Hauericeras Kennicottia Mesopuzosia Pachydesmoceras Parapuzosia Puzosia