# Discophyllitidae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of molluscs}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|235.0|189.6|ref=<ref name="fossilworks">{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Discophyllitidae |author-link =| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86784 | access-date = 17 December 2021 }}</ref>}}
| image = Rhacophyllites.jpg
| image_caption = ''Rhacophyllites neojurensis'' at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
| taxon = Discophyllitidae
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="fossilworks"/>
| subdivision =
* ''[Discophyllites](/source/Discophyllites)''
* ''[Rhacophyllites](/source/Rhacophyllites)''
* ''[Tragorhacoceras](/source/Tragorhacoceras)''
}}

'''Discophyllitidae''' are discoidal, generally evolute [Phylloceratina](/source/Phylloceratina) from the Upper Triassic, derived from the [Ussuritidae](/source/Ussuritidae), in which the principal saddles of the suture have bifurcated or trifurcated endings, described as being di- or triphyllic.  Discophyllitid shells are rather similar to those of the ancestral Ussuritidae and are distinguished primarily by the more complex suture. The Discophyllitidae provided the source for the Jurassic [Phylloceratidae](/source/Phylloceratidae) and [Juraphyllitidae](/source/Juraphyllitidae). Four genera are recognized and described.<ref name = Treatise>[Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology](/source/Treatise_on_Invertebrate_Paleontology) Part L  Mollusca 4, Ammonoidea, 1957</ref>

==Discophyllitid genera==
*''[Discophyllites](/source/Discophyllites)'':  Discophyllitids in which the first lateral saddle of the suture is asymmetrically monophyllic, like those of the Ussuritidae. The remaining are characteristic of the family.
*''[Rhacophyllites](/source/Rhacophyllites)'':  Discophyllitidae in which the first lateral saddle of the suture is diphyllic and adjacent lateral saddles are diphyllic or triphillic.
*''[Tragorhacoceras](/source/Tragorhacoceras)'': Discophyllitidae with peripheral ribs on the outer whorl and with large leaflets in the sutural saddles.
*''[Trachyphyllites](/source/Trachyphyllites)'': a discophyllitid with sigmoidal growth lines and about six ribs or flares per whorl; suture less phylloid than in other genera of the family.

''Discophyllites'' and ''Rhacophyllites'' have their beginnings in the early Late Triassic. Both are found in Europe, the Himalayas, and on Timur; ''Discophyllites'' in California and Alaska as well. ''Discophyllites'' is the more  primitive and ancestral genus. ''Rhacophyllites'' is slightly more evolved with its more developed suture.

''Tragorhacoceras'' and ''Trachyphyllites'' are known from the middle Late Triassic, ''Tragorhacoceras'' from the Alps and Sicily, ''Trachyphyllites'' from the island of Timur. Both result from further, but different, evolutionary developments within the Discophyllitidae.<ref name = Treatise/>

==References==
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Category:Ammonitida families
Category:Phylloceratina
Category:Triassic ammonites
Category:Carnian first appearances
Category:Early Jurassic extinctions

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