Anthracoceratidae

Taxobox
name = Anthracoceratidae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Pericyclaceae
familia = Anthracoceratidae
familia_authority = Plummer & Scott 1957
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* Anthracoceras
* Anthracoceratoides
* Cathranoceras
* Zhifangoceras

Anthracoceratidae is one of nine families of the Pericyclaceae superfamily. 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