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Imitoceratinae

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Extinct subfamily of molluscs

Imitoceratinae
Imitoceras rotatorium. Early Carboniferous, Rockford Limestone, Rockford, Illinois (USA).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Goniatitida
Family: †Prionoceratidae
Subfamily: †Imitoceratinae
Ruzhencev, 1950
Genera

Imitoceratinae is one of six subfamilies 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.

Imitoceras rotatorium (Mississippian). Seymour, Indiana (USA)

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Taxon identifiers
Imitoceratinae


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