Schlotheimiidae is an extinct family of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period.
Schlotheimiidae Temporal range: Early Jurassic, [1] | |
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Fossil shells of Schlotheimia depressa from Germany, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ammonitina |
Superfamily: | †Psiloceratoidea |
Family: | †Schlotheimiidae Spath 1923 |
- Angulaticeras
- Kammerkarites
- Macrogrammites
- Saxoceras
- Schlotheimia
- Waehneroceras
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.[2]
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