Parashumarditidae

Parashumarditidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Shumarditoidea
Family:
Boardman et al. 1994
Genera
  • Aktubites
  • Eoshumardites
  • Eovidrioceras
  • Hypershumardites
  • Parashumardites

Parashumarditidae is one of three families of the Shumarditoidea 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.

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