Imitoceratinae
| Imitoceratinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Goniatitida |
| Suborder: | Tornoceratatina |
| Superfamily: | Prionocerataceae |
| Family: | Prionoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | Imitoceratinae Ruzhencev, 1950 |
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Imitoceratinae is one of six subfamilies of the Prionoceratidae 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.
References
- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
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