Rhiphaeoceratidae


The Rhiphaeoceratidae are a small family of nautilids included in the superfamily Tainocerataceae that comprises four very similar genera. These genera are characterized by a perforate umbilicus and little more than a single evolute coil. Whorl sections are oval, subquadrate, or subtrapezoidal. Sutures bend forward on the outer rim, forming wide shallow ventral saddles and dip strongly to the rear on the inner rim, forming deep dorsal lobes.
Rhiphaeoceratidae was named by Ruzhencev and Shimansky in 1954 are, according to Kümmel, derived from the Tainoceratidae, although no genus stands out as possible ancestor. They date from the Early Permian in age and are found in parts of Eurasia, south Urals. Azerbaijan, Tajikistan
Genera included, also named by Ruzhencev and Shimansky, 1954 are: