Metalegoceratidae
| Metalegoceratidae | |
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| Eothinites aktastensis in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[]
- "The Paleobiology Database". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
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