Cyclolobidae
Cyclolobidae Temporal range:
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Cyclolobus walkeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Superfamily: | †Cycloloboidea |
Family: | †Cyclolobidae Schindewolf, 1931 |
Cyclolobidae: Goniatitid Ammonoidea belonging to the Cycloloboidea with thickly discoidal to subgloblar shells with a small but open umbilicus and ammonitic sutures with numerous lobes that have subparallel sides.
The Cyclolobidae is one of three families of the Superfamily Cyclolobaceae; an extinct group of ammonoid cephalopods from the Late Paleozoic
References[]
- Miller, A.K., Furnish, & Schindewolf. Paleozoic Ammonoidea in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geol Soc of Amererica and Univ of Kansas press; R,C. Moore,(ed).
- The Paleobiology Database 10/01/07
Categories:
- Goniatitida families
- Cyclolobaceae
- Goniatitida stubs