Nomismoceratidae

Nomismoceratidae
Nomismoceratidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Nomismocerataceae
Family: Nomismoceratidae
Librovitch 1957
Genera
  • Beleutoceras
  • Cavilentia
  • Eonomismoceras
  • Nomismoceras
  • Pseudonomismoceras
  • Simmonoceras

Nomismoceratidae is one of two families of the Nomismocerataceae superfamily. 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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