Cladiscitidae

Cladiscitidae; Temporal range: 247.2 –201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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
Genus
	Cladiscites; Hypocladiscites; Mesocladiscites; Neocladiscites; Paracladiscites; Phyllocladiscites; Procladiscites; Psilocladiscites; Sphaerocladiscites;

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

This ammonite-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[fossilworks-1] "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[1]