Tornocerataceae

Taxobox
name = Tornocerataceae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Tornoceratatina
superfamilia = Tornocerataceae
superfamilia_authority = Arthaber 1911
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
* Kirsoceratidae
* Parodoceratidae
* Posttornoceratidae
* Pseudoclymeniidae
* Tornoceratidae

Tornocerataceae is one of four superfamilies of the Tornoceratatina suborder, a member of the Goniatitida order. 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