Gattendorfiidae

Extinct family of molluscs

Gattendorfiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Prionoceratoidea
Family: Gattendorfiidae
Bartzsch & Weyer, 1987
Subfamilies
  • Gattendorfiinae
  • Pseudarietitinae

Gattendorfiidae is one of seven families of the superfamily Prionoceratoidea, 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 Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 10/01/07
Taxon identifiers
Gattendorfiidae


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