†family Craspeditidae Spath 1934 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Alternative spelling: Craspeditinae

Parent taxon: Perisphinctoidea according to A. E. Igolnikov and E. S. Sobolev 2025

See also Spath 1947, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Craspedites Garniericeratinae Hectoroceras Platylenticeras Praetollia Subcraspedites Tolliinae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (18: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon collections), Czechia (2), Germany (1), Greenland (43), Poland (8), the Russian Federation (170), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (25: California, Oregon, Washington), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic of Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (39), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1), Yemen (1)

Total: 318 collections including 710 occurrences

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