Biology:Nomismoceratidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Nomismoceratidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Nomismoceratoidea
Family: Nomismoceratidae
Librovitch 1957
Genera
  • Beleutoceras
  • Cavilentia
  • Eonomismoceras
  • Nomismoceras
  • Pseudonomismoceras
  • Simmonoceras

Nomismoceratidae is one of two families of the superfamily Nomismoceratoidea. 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 ☰ Q7048633 entry