Prodromitidae

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Prodromitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Tornoceratatina
Superfamily: Prionocerataceae
Family: Prodromitidae
Arthaber 1911
Genus
  • Asidoceras
  • Eoprodromites
  • Paraqiannanites
  • Prodromites
  • Qiannanites

Prodromitidae is one of seven families of the Prionocerataceae families, a member of the Goniatitida order. 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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