Aktubites

Taxobox
name = "Aktubites"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Shumarditaceae
familia = Parashumarditida
genus = "Aktubites"
genus_authority = Ruzhencev 1955
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"Aktubites" is a genus belonging to the Parashumarditida family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopi, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl The Paleobiology Database] accessed on 10/01/07