Biology:Schistocerataceae

Schistocerataceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Goniatitida
Suborder:	Goniatitina
Superfamily:	Schistocerataceae Schmidt 1929
families
Axinolobidae Christioceratidae Orulganitidae Schistoceratidae Welleritidae

Schistocerataceae is one of seventeen superfamilies of the Goniatitina suborder. 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 ☰ Q7431508 entry