Aktubites is a genus belonging to the Parashumarditidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
Aktubites | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Family: | †Parashumarditidae |
Genus: | †Aktubites Ruzhencev 1955 |
References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07