Discoclymeniinae is one of two subfamilies of the Posttornoceratidae 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.
Discoclymeniinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Family: | †Posttornoceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Discoclymeniinae Bogoslovsky 1962 |
Genera | |
References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07