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
Taxon identifiers
Sporadoceratidae


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