Maxigoniatitidae

Maxigoniatitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Pericyclaceae
Family: Maxigoniatitidae
Kusina 1971
Genera
  • Beyrichoceras
  • Bollandites
  • Bollandoceras
  • Dzhaprakoceras
  • Maxigoniatites
  • Ouaoufilalites

Maxigoniatitidae is one of nine families of the Pericyclaceae superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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