Collignoniceratidae is a family of Upper Cretaceous ammonites characterized by typically more or less evolute shells with compressed, oval, or square whorl sections; serrate or entire keels; and dense ribs with one to 5 tubercles.

Taxonomy

This family, named by Wright and Wright in 1951, is divided into four subfamilies; Collignoniceratinae, Barroisiceratinae, Peroniceratinae, and Texanitinae. The family is included in the large ammonitid superfamily Acanthoceratoidea which lasted until the end of the Cretaceous.

The Collignoniceratidae are derived from the Acanthoceratidae, first appearing early in the Turonian (early U Cret) and lasting until the mid Campanian (late U Cret), a span of some 20 million years

Collignoniceratidae Wright & Wright, 1951 (synonyms - Prionocyclidae Breistroffer, 1947; Prionotropidae Zittel, 1865)

  • Subfamily Barroisiceratinae Basse, 1947 Genus Barroisiceras de Grossouvre, 1894 Genus Forresteria (Reeside, 1932) Genus Solgerites Reeside, 1932 Genus Yabeiceras Tokunaga & Shimizu, 1926
  • Subfamily Collignoniceratinae Wright & Wright, 1951 Genus Cibolaites Cobban & Hook, 1983 Genus Collignoniceras Breistroffer, 1947 Genus Collignonicerites Kennedy et al., 2001 Genus Prionocyclites Kennedy, 1988 Genus Prionocyclus Meek, 1876 Genus Reesidites Wright & Matsumoto, 1954 Genus Subprionotropis Basse, 1950
  • Subfamily Peroniceratinae Hyatt, 1900 Genus Gauthiericeras de Grossouvre, 1894 Genus Peroniceras de Grossouvre, 1894 Genus Prionocycloceras Spath, 1926
  • Subfamily Texanitinae Collignon, 1948 Genus Bevahites Collignon, 1948 Genus Cryptotexanites Kennedy & Cobban, 1993 Genus Menabites Collignon, 1948 Genus Paratexanites Collignon, 1948 Genus Plesiotexanites Matsumoto, 1970 Genus Protexanites Matsumoto, 1955 Genus Reginaites Reyment, 1957 Genus Submortoniceras Spath, 1926 Genus Texanites Spath, 1932
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  • W. A. Cobban and Hook, S. C. 1979, Collignoniceras woollgari wooollgari (Mantell) ammonite fauna from Upper Cretaceous of Western Interior, United States. Memoir 37, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro NM.