Biology:Marathonitidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Marathonitidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Marathonitoidea
Family: Marathonitidae
Ruzhencev 1938
Subfamilies

Marathonitidae is the only family in the Marathonitoidea 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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6755035 entry