Tornoceratinae

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Tornoceratinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Tornoceratatina
Superfamily: Tornocerataceae
Family: Tornoceratidae
Subfamily: Tornoceratinae
Becker 1993
Genera
  • Crassotornoceras
  • Domanikoceras
  • Epitornoceras
  • Linguatornoceras
  • Lobotornoceras
  • Oxytornoceras
  • Simicheiloceras
  • Tornoceras

Tornoceratinae is one of three subfamilies of the Tornoceratidae family, 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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