Surenitidae

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Surenitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Gastriocerataceae
Family: Surenitidae
Librovitch 1957
Genera
  • Aphantites
  • Gaitherites
  • Marianoceras
  • Melvilloceras
  • Surenites
  • Ugamites
  • Verneuilites

Surenitidae is one of five families of the Gastriocerataceae superfamily. 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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