Pericyclidae

Taxobox
name = Pericyclidae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Pericyclaceae
familia = Pericyclidae
familia_authority = Hyatt 1900
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
* Ammonellipsitinae
* Pericyclinae

Pericyclidae 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