Biology:Welleritidae

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Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Welleritidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Schistoceratoidea
Family: Welleritidae
Schmidt 1929
Genera

Welleritidae is one of five families of the Schistoceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

Approximate timeline of Welleritidae genera.

Subfamilies

  • Axinolobinae
  • Welleritinae
    • Aqishanoceras
    • Eowellerites
    • Faqingoceras
    • Wellerites
    • Winslowoceras

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7981226 entry