Cladiscitidae

Cladiscitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic.[1]

Cladiscitidae
Temporal range:
Polished fossil shell of Cladiscites species from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Family:
Cladiscitidae

Zittel 1884
Genera[1]
  • Cladiscites
  • Hypocladiscites
  • Mesocladiscites
  • Neocladiscites
  • Paracladiscites
  • Phyllocladiscites
  • Procladiscites
  • Psilocladiscites
  • Sphaerocladiscites

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Albania, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Oman, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States.[1]

References
  1. "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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