Shumarditidae

Taxobox
name = Shumarditidae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Shumarditaceae
familia = Shumarditidae
familia_authority = Plummer &Scott 1937
subdivision_ranks = families
subdivision =
* Postaktubites
* Preshumardites
* Pseudaktubites
* Shumardites

Shumarditidae is one of three families of the Goniatitina suborder. 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