{{Short description|Extinct family of ammonites}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Jurassic|Upper Jurassic}} |image = Aspidoceratidae - Pseudowaagenia micropla.JPG |image_caption = ''Pseudowaagenia micropla'' from Madagascar |taxon = Aspidoceratidae |authority = Zittel, 1895 }}
The '''Aspidoceratidae''' comprise a family of middle and upper Jurassic ammonites that make up part of the superfamily Perisphinctoidea, characterized by evolute shells, commonly stocky, that tend to develop tubercles.
The Aspidoceratidae are thought to be derived from the Perisphinctidae and have been subdivided into three subfamilies, the Aspidoceratinae, Peltoceratinae, and Simoceratinae.
==Subfamilies and genera== <ref name=fa>[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]</ref> * Aspidoceratinae Zittel 1895 ** ''Aspidoceras'' ** ''Chinamecaceras'' Cantu-Chapa 2006 ** ''Epaspidoceras'' ** ''Euaspidoceras'' ** ''Orthaspidoceras'' * Peltoceratinae Spath 1924 ** ''Peltoceras'' ** ''Peltoceratoides'' ** ''Rursiceras'' * Simoceratinae ** ''Simoceras'' ** ''Virgatosimoceras''
==References== {{Reflist}}
* Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.
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Category:Aspidoceratidae Category:Jurassic ammonites Category:Perisphinctoidea Category:Ammonitida families
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