Biology:Sporadoceratidae

Sporadoceratidae
Sporadoceras specimen. A goniatite from devonian of Morocco.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Goniatitida
Suborder:	Tornoceratatina
Superfamily:	Prionocerataceae
Family:	Sporadoceratidae Korn et al., 2003
Subfamilies
Sporadoceratinae Xenoporadoceratinae

Sporadoceratidae is one of seven families of the Prionocerataceae families, a member of the Goniatitida order. 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

• The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07

Wikidata ☰ Q7579203 entry