Cladiscitidae

Cladiscitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic.[1]

Cladiscitidae
Temporal range: 247.2 –201.6 Ma[1]
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
Genera[1]
  • Cladiscites
  • Hypocladiscites
  • Mesocladiscites
  • Neocladiscites
  • Paracladiscites
  • Phyllocladiscites
  • Procladiscites
  • Psilocladiscites
  • Sphaerocladiscites

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, United States.[1]

References
  1. "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 2014-05-28.


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