Reticuloceratidae
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.
| Reticuloceratidae Temporal range: Pennsylvanian[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Superfamily: | †Gastrioceratoidea |
| Family: | †Reticuloceratidae Librovitch 1957 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Taxonomy
Family consists of 2 valid subfamilies:[1]
- Reticuloceratidae
- Reticuloceratinae
- Agastrioceras
- Alurites
- Aphantites
- Arkanites
- Bilinguites
- Phillipsoceras
- Quinnites
- Reticuloceras
- Retites
- Tectiretites
- Surenitinae
- Gaitherites
- Marianoceras
- Melvilloceras
- Surenites
- Ugamites
- Verneuilites
References
- cite web |url=http://goniat.org/showTax.html?TaxId=tax00000000000000000000000005541 | title=Goniat database | accessdate=17 October 2016
- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
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