Nipponites

Nipponites Temporal range: Turonian to Santonian
Nipponites mirabilis, N. bacchus, and Yezoceras nodosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Suborder:	Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:	Turrilitaceae
Family:	Nostoceratidae
Genus:	Nipponites Yabe, 1904
Species
N. mirabilis Yabe, 1904 (type species) N. bacchus Matsumoto and Muramoto, 1967 N. occidentalis N. sachalinensis

Nipponites ("stone of Nippon") is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites. The species of Nipponites (primarily N. mirabilis) are famous for the way their shells form "ox-bow" bends, resulting in some of the most bizarre shapes ever seen among ammonites.

The ecology of Nipponites, as with many other nostoceratids, is subject to much speculation.

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