Biology:Cladiscitidae

Cladiscitidae; Temporal range: 247.2 –201.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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
	Cladiscites; Hypocladiscites; Mesocladiscites; Neocladiscites; Paracladiscites; Phyllocladiscites; Procladiscites; Psilocladiscites; Sphaerocladiscites;

Short description: Family of molluscs (fossil)

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

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]

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Cladiscitidae Temporal range: 247.2 –201.6 Ma^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

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