Kirsoceratidae

Taxobox
name = Kirsoceratidae
fossil_range =


image_width =
image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Tornoceratatina
superfamilia = Tornocerataceae
familia = Kirsoceratidae
familia_authority = Arthaber 1911
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* Kirsoceras
* Pernoceras
* Protornoceras
* Tornia

Kirsoceratidae is one of five families of the Tornocerataceae Superfamily, 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