Cyclolobidae
| Cyclolobidae Temporal range: Middle Permian–Upper Permian | |
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| Cyclolobus walkeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Superfamily: | †Cyclolobaceae |
| Family: | †Cyclolobidae Schindewolf, 1931 |
Cyclolobidae: Goniatitid Ammonoidea belonging to the Cyclolobaceae with thickly discoidal to subgloblar shells with a small but open unbilicus and ammonitic sutures with numerous lobes that have subparallel sides.
The Cyclolobidae is one of three families of the Superfamily Cyclolobaceae; an extinct group of ammonoid cephalopods from the Late Paleozoic
References
- Miller, A.K., Furnish, & Schindewolf. Paleozoic Ammonoidea in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geol Soc of Amererica and Univ of Kansas press; R,C. Moore,(ed).
- The Paleobiology Database 10/01/07
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