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'''''Yezoites''''' is an extinct genus of [[ammonites]] placed in the family [[Scaphitidae]]. The genus is known lived during the [[Upper Cretaceous]] and was first described in 1910.<ref name = Yezoites>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15818 Fossilworks ''Yezoites'' entry 26 Nov 2017]</ref> The genus contains five species, ''Y. bladenensis'', ''Y. orbignyi'', ''Y. planus'', ''Y. puerculus'', and ''Y. subevolutus''.<ref name = Yezoites/>
'''''Yezoites''''' is an extinct genus of [[ammonites]] placed in the family [[Scaphitidae]]. The genus is known lived during the [[Upper Cretaceous]] and was first described in 1910.<ref name = Yezoites>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15818 Fossilworks ''Yezoites'' entry 26 Nov 2017]</ref> The genus contains five species, ''Y. bladenensis'', ''Y. orbignyi'', ''Y. planus'', ''Y. puerculus'', and ''Y. subevolutus''.<ref name = Yezoites/>
''Yezoites'' was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan and has since been identified in Antarctica, Denmark, France, Madagascar, and the United States. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.
''Yezoites'' was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous [[Yeso Group|Yezo Group]], [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]] and has since been identified in [[Antarctica]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Madagascar]], and [[United States|the United States]]. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.


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Yezoites
Temporal range: Coniacian- Santonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Scaphitidae
Subfamily: Otoscaphitinae
Genus: Yezoites
Yabe, 1910
Species
  • Y. bladenensis Schlüter, 1871
  • Y. orbignyi Kennedy, 1995
  • Y. planus Yabe, 1910
  • Y. puerculus Jimbo, 1894
  • Y. subevolutus Böse, 1928
Synonyms
  • Otoscaphites Wright, 1953

Yezoites is an extinct genus of ammonites placed in the family Scaphitidae. The genus is known lived during the Upper Cretaceous and was first described in 1910.[1] The genus contains five species, Y. bladenensis, Y. orbignyi, Y. planus, Y. puerculus, and Y. subevolutus.[1]

Yezoites was first discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan and has since been identified in Antarctica, Denmark, France, Madagascar, and the United States. The shell has wide spaced ribbing.

References