Biology:Beleutoceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Beleutoceras
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Nomismoceratidae
Genus: Beleutoceras
Ruzhentzev & Bogoslovskaya, 1971

Beleutoceras is a genus belonging to the Nomismoceratidae 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

Wikidata ☰ Q4882210 entry