Delepinoceratidae

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Delepinoceratidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Goniatitaceae
Haan 1825
Family: Delepinoceratidae
Genera
  • Delepinoceras
  • Platygoniatites

Delepinoceratidae is one of three families of the Goniatitaceae superfamilies. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopi, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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