Shouchangoceratinae

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Shouchangoceratinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Tornoceratatina
Superfamily: Pseudohaloritaceae
Family: Pseudohaloritidae
Subfamily: Shouchangoceratinae
Zhao and Zheng 1977
Genera
  • Aulacaganides
  • Elephantoceras
  • Erinoceras
  • Lianyuanoceras
  • Neoaganides
  • Qinglongites
  • Sangzhites
  • Shangraoceras
  • Shouchangoceras
  • Sosioceras

Shouchangoceratinae is one of three subfamilies of the Pseudohaloritaceae Superfamily, 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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