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Reticuloceratidae

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Reticuloceratidae
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian[1] 317.0–313.0 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Gastrioceratoidea
Family: Reticuloceratidae
Librovitch 1957
Subfamilies

Reticuloceratidae is one of five families of 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.

Taxonomy

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Family consists of 2 valid subfamilies:[1]

  • Reticuloceratidae

References

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  1. ^ a b cite web |url=http://goniat.org/showTax.html?TaxId=tax00000000000000000000000005541 | title=Goniat database | accessdate=17 October 2016