Biology:Cardioceratidae

Short description: Extinct family of ammonites

Cardioceratidae Temporal range: Middle-Late Jurassic, 166.1–152.1 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Callovian-Kimmeridgian
Cardioceras persecans from France
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Superfamily:	†Stephanoceratoidea
Family:	†Cardioceratidae Siemiradzki, 1891
Genera
†Cadoceras †Quenstedtoceras †Lamberticeras †Cardioceras †Amoeboceras

Cardioceratidae is an extinct ammonite family belonging to the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle-Late Jurassic periods.

External links

• Ammonites.fr

Wikidata ☰ Q17118340 entry