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Metalegoceratidae

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Metalegoceratidae
Eothinites aktastensis in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Neoicoceratoidea
Family: Metalegoceratidae
Ruzhencev, 1956
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Spirolegoceratidae

Metalegoceratidae is one of eleven families of the Neoicoceratoidea 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

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  • "The Paleobiology Database". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2007-10-02.