| Cladiscitidae Temporal range: 247.2 –201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Polished fossil shell of Cladiscites species from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Family: | Cladiscitidae Zittel 1884 |
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Cladiscitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Albania, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Oman, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States.
References
- ^ "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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| Cladiscitidae | |
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