Gastriocerataceae

Taxobox
name = Gastriocerataceae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Gastriocerataceae
superfamilia_authority = Alpheus Hyatt 1931
subdivision_ranks = families
subdivision =
* Decoritidae
* Gastrioceratidae
* Homoceratidae
* Reticuloceratidae
* Surenitidae

Gastriocerataceae is one of seventeen superfamilies of the Goniatitina suborder. 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