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Reticuloceratidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Goniatitida

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Suborder
  
Goniatitina

Reticuloceratidae is one of five families of the Gastriocerataceae 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.

Taxonomy

Family consists of 2 valid subfamilies:

  • Reticuloceratidae
  • Reticuloceratinae
  • Agastrioceras
  • Alurites
  • Aphantites
  • Arkanites
  • Bilinguites
  • Phillipsoceras
  • Quinnites
  • Reticuloceras
  • Retites
  • Tectiretites
  • Surenitinae
  • Gaitherites
  • Marianoceras
  • Melvilloceras
  • Surenites
  • Ugamites
  • Verneuilites

    • References

    Reticuloceratidae Wikipedia
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