Araneites is a genus belonging to the Sporadoceratinae subfamily of the Prionoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
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References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
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