Lyrogoniatitinae

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Lyrogoniatitinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Neoglyphiocerataceae
Family: Cravenoceratidae
Subfamily: Lyrogoniatitinae
Ruzhencev & Bogoslovskaya 1971
Genera
  • Caenolyroceras
  • Lyrogoniatites
  • Pachylyroceras
  • Quasicravenoceras
  • Verancoceras

Lyrogoniatitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Cravenoceratidae family. 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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