Nipponites

Nipponites Temporal range: Turonian–Santonian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossils of Nipponites mirabilis from an exhibit at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Suborder:	†Ancyloceratina
Family:	†Nostoceratidae
Genus:	†Nipponites Yabe, 1904
Species
N. mirabilis Yabe, 1904 (type species) N. bacchus Matsumoto and Muramoto, 1967 N. occidentalis Ward and Westermann, 1977 N. sachalinensis Kawada, 1929

Nipponites is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites. The shells of Nipponites (primarily N. mirabilis) form "ox-bow" bends, resulting in some of the most bizarre shapes seen among ammonites.

The ecology of Nipponites, as with many other nostoceratids, is subject to much speculation.