Schistoceratoidea is one of seventeen superfamilies of the Goniatitina suborder. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
Schistoceratoidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Suborder: | †Goniatitina |
Superfamily: | †Schistoceratoidea Schmidt 1929 |
Families | |
Synonyms | |
Schistocerataceae |
References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07