Falcitornoceratinae

Falcitornoceratinae
Temporal range: 376.1–360.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Tornoceratidae
Subfamily: Falcitornoceratinae
Becker, 1993
Genera
  • Falcitornoceras
  • Gundolficeras
  • Kourazouceras
  • Phoenixites

Falcitornoceratinae 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, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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