Kirsoceratidae
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Extinct family of molluscs
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| Kirsoceratidae | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Superfamily: | †Tornoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Kirsoceratidae Arthaber 1911 |
| Genera | |
Kirsoceratidae is one of five families of the Tornoceratoidea superfamily, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
References
[edit ]- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
