Prionoceratinae
Prionoceratinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Goniatitida |
Suborder: | Tornoceratatina |
Superfamily: | Prionocerataceae |
Family: | Prionoceratidae |
Subfamily: | Prionoceratinae Hyatt, 1884 |
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Prionoceratinae are one of six subfamilies of the Prionoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. 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
- The Paleobiology Database retrieved 2009-09-19
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