Erycitidae

Erycitidae
Temporal range: Early - Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Hildoceratoidea
Family: Erycitidae
Spath, 1928
Genera
  • Praerycites Venturi, 1981
  • Cagliceras Rulleau & Elmi, 2001
  • Erycites Gemmellaro, 1886
  • Abbasites Buckman, 1921
  • Abbasitoides Géczy, 1966
  • Haplopleuroceras Buckman, 1892
  • Malladaites Linares & Sandoval, 1986
  • Spinammatoceras Schindewolf, 1964

Erycitidae is a family of Lower and Middle Jurassic ammonites included in the Hildoceratoidea. The hammatoceratid subfamily Erycitinae is equivalent. Genera include Erycites (type) and Abbasites.