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Prodromitidae

Prodromitidae is one of two families of the superfamily Karagandoceratoidea, 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.

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Prodromitidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Superfamily: Karagandoceratoidea
Family: Prodromitidae
Arthaber, 1911
Genera
  • Asidoceras
  • Eoprodromites
  • Paraqiannanites
  • Prodromites
  • Qiannanites

Prodromitidae is one of two families of the superfamily Karagandoceratoidea, 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.

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