Misplaced Pages

Beloceratidae

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Family of ammonites included in the order Ceratitida

Beloceratidae
Temporal range: Devonian Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Beloceras sagittarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Agoniatitida
Suborder: Anarcestina
Superfamily: Beloceratoidea
Family: Beloceratidae
Hyatt 1884

Beloceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Agoniatitida.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Late Devonian period, from 379.5 to 376.1 Ma.

Genera

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Algeria, France, Germany, Morocco, Spain and United States.

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks
Taxon identifiers
Beloceratidae


Stub icon

This Ceratitida-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: