Biology:Glaphyritidae

Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Glaphyritidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Goniatitida
Superfamily:	†Somoholitoidea
Family:	†Glaphyritidae
Genera
Cryptotyloceras Eosyngastrioceras Glaphyrites Oxiglaphyrites Paracravenoceras Pseudoglaphyrites Richardsonites Syngastrioceras

Glaphyritidae is one of six families of the Somoholitoidea 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

• The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07

Wikidata ☰ Q16952227 entry