This list of ammonites is a comprehensive listing of genera that are included in the subclass †Ammonoidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes genera that are commonly accepted as valid, as well as those that may be invalid or doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered ammonites.
Reliability of this list
Most of the generic names in this list come from Jack Sepkoski's 2002 compendium of marine fossil genera, which can be corroborated by other sources such as Part L, Ammonoidea, in theTreatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Additional generic names included come from the Treatise or various peer review scientific journals.
A
Ab
Ac
- Acanthaecites
- Acanthinites
- Acanthoceras
- Acanthoceratites
- Acanthoclymenia
- Acanthodiscus
- Acanthohoplites
- Acantholytoceras
- Acanthopleuroceras
- Acanthoplites
- Acanthoscaphites
- Accardia
- Achilleoceras
- Acompsoceras
- Aconeceras
- Acriclymenia
- Acrimeroceras
- Acrioceras
- Acrocanites
- Acrochordiceras
- Acuariceras
- Acuticostites
- Acutimitoceras
Ad
Ae
Ag
Ai
Ak
- Akmilleria
- Aktubinskia
- Aktubites
- Aktuboclymenia
Al
- Alanites
- Alaoceras
- Albanites
- Alcidellus
- Aldanites
- Alfeldites
- Algericeras
- Algerites
- Alligaticeras
- Alloceratites
- Alloclionites
- Allocrioceras
- Alloptychites
- Almites
- Almohadites
- Alocolytoceras
- Alpinites
- Alsatites
- Altudoceras
- Alurites
Am
- Amaltheus
- Amarassites
- Amauroceras
- Ambites
- Ammonellipsites
- Ammonitoceras
- Ammonoceratites
- Amoebites
- Amoeboceras
- Amorina
- Amphipoanoceras
- Amphistephanites
- Ampthillia
An
- Anacleoniceras
- Anadesmoceras
- Anaflemingites
- Anagaudryceras
- Anagymnites
- Anagymnotoceras
- Anahamulina
- Anahoplites
- Anaklinoceras
- Analytoceras
- Ananorites
- Anapachydiscus
- Anarcestes
- Anascaphites
- Anasibirites
- Anasirenites
- Anatibetites
- Anatomites
- Anatropites
- Anatsabites
- Anavirgatites
- Anaxenaspis
- Anclyoceras
- Ancolioceras
- Andersonites
- Anderssonoceras
- Andesites
- Andiceras
- Androgynoceras
- Anetoceras
- Aneuretoceras
- Anfaceras
- Anglesites
- Angranoceras
- Angulaticeras
- Anisarcestes
- Anisoceras
- Ankinatsytes
- Annuloceras
- Anolcites
- Anotoceras
- Antarcticoceras[1]
- Anthracoceras
- Anthracoceratites
- Anthracoceratoides
Ap
- Aphantites
- Apleuroceras
- Aplococeras
- Apoderoceras
- Aposphinctoceras
- Apsorroceras
Aq
Ar
Ar (Cont.)
- Arctocephalites
- Arctoceras
- Arctogymnites
- Arctohungarites
- Arctomeekoceras
- Arctomercaticeras
- Arctoprionites
- Arctoptychites
- Arctosirenites
- Arctotirolites
- Arestoceras
- Argentiniceras
- Argolites
- Argonauticeras
- Argosirenites
- Arianites
- Aricoceras
- Arieticeras
- Arietites
- Arietoceltites
- Arisphinctes
- Aristoceras
- Aristoceratoides
- Aristoptychites
- Arkanites
- Armatites
- Arnioceltites
- Arnioceras
- Arniotites
- Arpadites
- Arthaberites
- Artinksia
- Artioceras
- Artioceratoides
As
- Asaphoceras
- Asapholytoceras
- Asklepioceras
- Aspenites
- Asphinctites
- Aspidoceras
- Aspidostephanus
- Aspinoceras
- Asteroceras
- Asthenoceras
- Astiericeras
- Astieridiscus
- Astreptoceras
- Asturoceras
At
- Ataxioceras
- Atlantoceras
- Atsabites
Au
- Audaxlytoceras
- Audouliceras
- Augurites
- Aulacaganides
- Aulacosphinctes
- Aulacosphinctoides
- Aulacostephanus
- Aulasimoceras
- Aulatornoceras
- Austiniceras
- Australiceras
- Austroceratites
- Austrotrachyceras[2]
Av
Ax
B
- Bacchites
- Bactrites
- Baculina
- Baculites
- Badiotites
- Bagnolites[3]
- Balatonites
- Balearites
- Balkanites
- Balticeras
- Balvia
- Bamyaniceras
- Barguesiella
- Baronnites
- Barrandeites
- Barremites
- Barroisiceras
- Baschkirites
- Bashkortoceras
- Baskaniiceras
- Basleoceras
- Bastelia
- Bauchioceras
- Bayleites
- Beaniceras
- Beatites
- Behemoth
- Beleutoceras
- Beloceras
- Benacoceras
- Beneckeia
- Benueites
- Berbericeras
- Berniceras
- Berriasella
- Berrosiceras
- Betyokites
- Beudanticeras
- Beudantiella
- Bevahites
- Beyrichites
- Beyrichoceras
- Beyrichoceratoides
- Bhimaites
- Bifericeras
- Bigotites
- Bihenduloceras
- Bilinguites
- Billcobbanoceras
- Biloclymenia
- Biltnerites
- Binatisphinctes
- Binneyites
- Biplices
- Bisatoceras
- Blanfordiceras
- Bochianites
- Bodylevskites
- Boehmoceras
- Boesites
- Bogdanoceras
- Bollandites
- Bollandoceras
- Boreomeekoceras
- Borissjakoceras
- Borkinia
- Bornhardticeras
- Bosnites
- Bostrychoceras
- Boucaulticeras
- Bouleiceras
- Bradfordia
- Brahmaites
- Bramkampia
- Brancoceras
- Branneroceras
- Branneroceratoides
- Brasilia
- Bredyia
- Brevikites
- Brewericeras
- Brightia
- Brodieia
- Brotheotrachyceras[4] — originally published as a subgenus of Trachyceras
- Brouwerites
- Buchiceras
- Budaiceras
- Buddhaites
- Bukowskiites
- Bullatimorphites
- Bulogites
- Bunburyiceras
- Burckhardites
- Burijites
- Busnardoites
C
Ca
- Cabrievoceras
- Cadoceras
- Cadomites
- Cadomoceras
- Caenisites
- Caenocyclus
- Caenolyroceras
- Cainoceras
- Calaiceras
- Calanquites
- Californiceras
- Callihoplites
- Calliphylloceras
- Calliptychoceras
- Callizoniceras
- Caloceras
- Calycoceras
- Campylites
- Canadoceras
- Canavarella
- Canavaria
- Canavarites
- Cancelloceras
- Cantabricanites
- Cantabrigites
- Cardiella
- Cardioceras
- Carinoceras
- Carinoclymenia
- Carinophylloceras
- Carnites
- Carstenia
- Carthaginites
- Catacoeloceras
- Catasigaloceras
- Catulloceras
- Caucasites
- Caumontisphinctes
- Cavilentia
Ce
- Ceccaites
- Celaeceras
- Cenisella
- Ceratites
- Ceratpbeloceras
- Chamoussetia
Ch
- Chanasia
- Changhsingoceras
- Chartronia
- Cheiloceras
- Cheloniceras
- Cheltonia
- Chesapeakiceras
- Chetaites
- Chieseiceras
- Chioceras
- Chiotites
- Choffatia
- Choffaticeras
- Chondroceras
- Choristoceras
- Christioceras
- Christophoceras
- Chumazites
Ci
- Cibolaites
- Cibolites
- Cicatrites
- Cirroceras
Cl
- Cladiscites
- Clambites
- Cleistosphinctes
- Cleoniceras
- Cleviceras
- Clinolobus
- Clionitites
- Clioscaphites
- Clistoceras
- Cloioceras
- Cluthoceras
- Clydomphalites
- Clydoniceras
- Clydonites
- Clymenia
- Clymenoceras
- Clypeoceras
Co
- Coahuilites
- Cobbanites
- Cobbanoscaphites
- Cochleiferoceras
- Cochloceras
- Cochlocrioceras
- Coeloceltites
- Coeloceras
- Coeloderoceras
- Coilopoceras
- Colchidites
- Collectoceras
- Collignoniceras
- Collignonites
- Collina
- Collotia
- Colombiceras
- Coloradoscaphites
- Columbites
- Concavites
- Conlinoceras
- Constileioceras
- Convoluticeras
- Cordubiceras
- Coroceras
- Corongoceras
- Coroniceras
- Coronites
- Costaclymenia
- Costidiscus
- Costigymnites
- Costileioceras
- Costimitoceras
- Cottreauites
- Couloniceras
- Cowtoniceras
Cr
- Cranocephalites
- Craspedites
- Craspedodiscus
- Crassiceras
- Crassiplanulites
- Crassotornoceras
- Cravenites
- Cravenoceras
- Cravenoceratoides
- Creniceras
- Crickites
- Crimites
- Crioceras
- Crioceratites
- Cruasiceras
- Crucilobiceras
- Crussoliceras
- Cryptoclymenia
- Cryptotexanites
Ct
- Ctenobactrites
- Cteroclymenia
Cu
- Cubaochetoceras
- Cuccoceras
- Cuneicardioceras
- Cunitoceras
- Cunningtoniceras
- Cutchisphinctes
- Cuyaniceras
Cy
- Cyclobactrites
- Cycloceltites
- Cyclolobus
- Cycloclymenia
- Cylioceras
- Cymaceras
- Cymaclymenia
- Cymahoplites
- Cymbites
- Cymoceras
- Cyrtobactrites
- Cyrtochilus
- Cyrtoclymenia
- Cyrtopleurites
- Cyrtosiceras
Cz
- Czekanowskites
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
See also
- List of nautiloids
- List of heteromorphic ammonites
- List of belemnites
References
Uncited genera names can be verified at:
- Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database