Cheiloceratinae
| Cheiloceratinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Cheiloceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cheiloceratinae Frech, 1897 |
| Genera | |
| |
Cheiloceratinae is one of two subfamilies of the Cheiloceratidae family, 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
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Cheiloceratinae |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, August 12, 2011. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.