Zephyroceras is a genus belonging to the Somoholitoidea 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.
Zephyroceras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Family: | †Stenolaphyritidae |
Genus: | †Zephyroceras Kullmann, 1962 |
References
edit- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07