Cardioceratidae
| Cardioceratidae Temporal range: Jurassic, 161.2–155.7Ma | |
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| Fossil of Cardioceras persecans from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Stephanocerataceae |
| Family: | Cardioceratidae Siemiradzki 1891 |
Cardioceratidae is an extinct ammonite family belonging to the superfamily Stephanocerataceae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period. [1]
Genera
- Cadoceras
- Quenstedtoceras
- Lamberticeras
- Cardioceras
- Amoeboceras