Biology:Christioceratidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Christioceratidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Schistoceratoidea
Family: Christioceratidae
Nassichuk & Furnish 1965
Genera
  • Christioceras
  • Inzeroceras
  • Parawinslowoceras

Christioceratidae is one of five families of the Schistoceratoidea 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 ☰ Q5111231 entry