Biology:Shumarditidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Shumarditidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Shumarditoidea
Family: Shumarditidae
Plummer & Scott 1937
Genera
  • Postaktubites
  • Preshumardites
  • Pseudaktubites
  • Shumardites

Shumarditidae is one of three families of the Shumarditoidea 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 ☰ Q7504966 entry