Glaphyritidae

Extinct family of molluscs

Glaphyritidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Somoholitoidea
Family: Glaphyritidae
Genera
  • Cryptotyloceras
  • Eosyngastrioceras
  • Glaphyrites
  • Oxiglaphyrites
  • Paracravenoceras
  • Pseudoglaphyrites
  • Richardsonites
  • Syngastrioceras

Glaphyritidae is one of six families of the Somoholitoidea superfamily. 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

  • The Paleobiology Database Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 10/01/07
Taxon identifiers
Glaphyritidae


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