Biology:Schistoceratidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Schistoceratidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Schistoceratoidea
Family: Schistoceratidae
Schmidt 1929
Genera
  • Bendoceras
  • Branneroceras
  • Diaboloceras
  • Eoschistoceras
  • Paralegoceras
  • Paraschistoceras
  • Rodiezmoceras
  • Schistoceras

Schistoceratidae 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 ☰ Q7431509 entry