Bisatoceratidae

Bisatoceratidae is a family of Late Paleozoic ammonites now included in the Thalassoceratoidea characterized by thick-discoidal to subglobular, involute shells in which lobes are simple. Some forms have spiral ornamentation.

Bisatoceratidae Temporal range: Bashkirian - Missourian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Goniatitida
Superfamily:	†Thalassoceratoidea
Family:	†Bisatoceratidae Ruzhentsev 1975
Genera
Bisatoceras Neoglaphyrites Pseudobisatoceras

Bisatoceratidae was originally a subfamily of the Goniatitidae as Bisatoceratinae, named by Miller and Furnish, 1957, and introduced in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. Its relation to the Thalassoceratidae is tenuous.^[why?]

References

• Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Bisatoceratidae in GONIAT 6/14/12
• "Bisatoceratidae". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 July 2012.