Cladiscitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic.[1]
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| Polished fossil shell of Cladiscites species from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Family: | Cladiscitidae Zittel 1884
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Distribution
editFossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Albania, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Oman, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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