Biology:Prolobitinae

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Short description: Extinct subfamily of molluscs

Prolobitinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Prolobitidae
Subfamily: Prolobitinae
Hyatt 1884
Genera
  • Aurilobites
  • Prolobites
  • Renites

Prolobitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Prolobitidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopodes, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7249630 entry