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Beloceratidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ceratitida

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Suborder
  
Anarcestina

Beloceratidae

Beloceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the ordery Ceratitida.

Contents

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Late Devonian period, from 379.5 to 376.1 Ma.

Genera

  • Beloceras Hyatt 1884
  • Eobeloceras Schindewolf 1936
  • Mesobeloceras Glenister 1958
  • Naplesites Yatskov 1990
  • Distribution

    Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Algeria, France, Germany, Morocco, Spain and United States.

    References

    Beloceratidae Wikipedia