Welleritidae

Taxobox
name = Welleritidae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Schistocerataceae
familia = Welleritidae
familia_authority = Schmidt 1929
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* Aqishanoceras
* Eowellerites
* Wellerites
* Winslowoceras

Welleritidae is one of five families of the Schistocerataceae 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