Nehdenitinae

Nehdenitinae
Nehdenitinae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Cheiloceratidae
Subfamily: Nehdenitinae
Korn, 2002
Genera
  • Nehdenites
  • Praemeroceras
  • Puncticeras

Nehdenitinae 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.

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