Beloceratidae
| Beloceratidae Temporal range: | |
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| 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
[edit]- Beloceras Hyatt 1884
- Eobeloceras Schindewolf 1936
- Mesobeloceras Glenister 1958
- Naplesites Yatskov 1990
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Algeria, France, Germany, Morocco, Spain and United States.[1]
References
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