Scaphitidae
| Scaphitidae | |
|---|---|
| Scaphites species fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | †Scaphitoidea Gill, 1871 |
| Family: | †Scaphitidae Gill, 1871 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Scaphitidae is a family of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family of heteromorph ammonites (suborder Ancyloceratina). There is a possible fossil record of them being the last ammonites with fossils dating to the Danian of the Paleocene in Denmark, the Netherlands, the US and Turkmenistan.