Biology:Axinolobus

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Axinolobus Temporal range: Moscovian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Goniatitida
Suborder:	Goniatitina
Superfamily:	Schistocerataceae
Family:	Axinolobidae
Genus:	Axinolobus Gordon 1960
Type species
Axinolobus modulus Gordon, 1960
Species
A. modulus Gordon, 1960 A. percostatus Schmidt, 1955 A. quinni McCaleb & Furnish, 1964

Axinolobus is a genus belonging to the Axinolobidae family. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q4830496 entry