Biology:Bashkortoceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Bashkortoceras
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Homoceratidae
Genus: Bashkortoceras
Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

Bashkortoceras is a genus belonging to the Gastrioceratoidea superfamily. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q4866885 entry