Ammonellipsitinae

Taxobox
name = Ammonellipsitinae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Pericyclaceae
familia = Pericyclidae
subfamilia = Ammonellipsitinae
subfamilia_authority = Riley 1996
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* Ammonellipsites
* Fascipericyclus
* Helicocyclus
* Stenocyclus

Ammonellipsitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Pericyclidae family. 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