Beloceratidae

Beloceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ceratitida.

Beloceratidae
Temporal range:
Fossil of Beloceras sagittarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Anarcestina
Superfamily:
Beloceratoidea
Family:
Beloceratidae

Hyatt 1884

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Late Devonian period, from 379.5 to 376.1 Ma.

Genera
  • Beloceras Hyatt 1884
  • Eobeloceras Schindewolf 1936
  • Mesobeloceras Glenister 1958
  • Naplesites Yatskov 1990

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Algeria, France, Germany, Morocco, Spain and United States.[1]

References
  1. Fossilworks


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