Welleritidae
Welleritidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Goniatitida |
Superfamily: | †Schistoceratoidea |
Family: | † Schmidt 1929 |
Genera | |
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Welleritidae is one of five families of the Schistoceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

Subfamilies
- Axinolobinae
- Axinolobus
- Paraphaneroceras
- Welleritinae
- Aqishanoceras
- Eowellerites
- Faqingoceras
- Wellerites
- Winslowoceras
References
- The Paleobiology Database Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed on 10/01/07