Biology:Eothinitidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Eothinitidae
Eothinites aktastensis - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07723.JPG
Eothinites aktastensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Neoicoceratoidea
Family: Eothinitidae
Ruzhencev, 1956
Genera
  • Eothinites
  • Epiglyphioceras

Eothinitidae is one of eleven families of the Neoicoceratoidea 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 ☰ Q5381967 entry