Ammonellipsites is a genus belonging to the Ammonellipsitinae subfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
Ammonellipsites | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Family: | †Pericyclidae |
Subfamily: | †Ammonellipsitinae |
Genus: | †Ammonellipsites Parkinson 1822 |
References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07