Schistoceratidae

Schistoceratidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Schistocerataceae
Family: Schistoceratidae
Schmidt 1929
Genera
  • Bendoceras
  • Branneroceras
  • Diaboloceras
  • Eoschistoceras
  • Paralegoceras
  • Paraschistoceras
  • Rodiezmoceras
  • Schistoceras

Schistoceratidae is one of five families of the Schistocerataceae superfamily. 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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