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{{Short description|Extinct superfamily of molluscs}}
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| name = Dimerocerataceae
| fossil_range = [[Devonian]]
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Devonian|text=[[Devonian]]}}
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| taxon = Dimeroceratoidea
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| authority = [[Alpheus Hyatt|Hyatt]] 1884
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| classis = [[Cephalopoda]]
| subclassis = [[Ammonoidea]]
| ordo = [[Goniatitida]]
| subordo = [[Tornoceratatina]]
| superfamilia = '''Dimerocerataceae'''
| superfamilia_authority = [[Alpheus Hyatt|Hyatt]] 1884
| subdivision_ranks = [[Family (biology)|Families]]
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
* [[Dimeroceratidae]]
* [[Dimeroceratidae]]
* [[Cheiloceratidae]]
* [[Cheiloceratidae]]
* [[Phenacoceratidae]]
* [[Prolobitidae]]
* [[Prolobitidae]]
* [[Phenacoceratidae]]
* Sinotitidae }}
| synonyms = Dimerocerataceae
}}

'''Dimeroceratoidea''', formerly '''Dimerocerataceae''', is one of six [[superfamily (taxonomy)|superfamilies]] in the [[Goniatitida|goniatitid]] suborder [[Tornoceratina]] which lived during the Devonian. Five families are included, the [[Dimeroceratidae]] being the type family.


'''Dimerocerataceae''' is one of six [[Superfamily (biology)|superfamilies]] in the [[Goniatitida|gonititid]] suborder [[Tornoceratina]] which lived During the Devonian. Five families are included, the [[Dimeroceratidae]] being the type family.
Gonitites, to which they belong, are primitive [[Ammonoidea|ammonites]] ''[[sensu lato]]'', extinct shelled [[cephalopod]]s more closely related to living animals like [[squid]]s and [[octopus|octopodes]] than to similarly shelled [[Nautiloidea|nautiloids]] such as the modern genus ''[[Nautilus]]''.
Gonitites, to which they belong, are primitive [[Ammonoidea|ammonites]] ''[[sensu lato]]'', extinct shelled [[cephalopod]]s more closely related to living animals like [[squid]]s and [[octopus|octopodes]] than to similarly shelled [[Nautiloidea|nautiloids]] such as the modern genus ''[[Nautilus]]''.

==References==
==References==
* [http://www.goniat.org/taxHierarchy.html Taxomony GONIAT-online] 10/28/10
* [http://www.goniat.org/taxHierarchy.html Taxonomy GONIAT-online] 10/28/10
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=92942 Dimerocerataceae-Paleodb] 10/28/10
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=92942 Paleobiology Database - Dimerocerataceae] 10/28/10
* Saunders, Work, and Nikoleava 1999. Evolution of Complexity in Paleozoic Ammonoid Sutures, Science Magizine [http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/1043099.dtl]
* [http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/1043099.dtl Saunders, Work, and Nikoleava 1999. Evolution of Complexity in Paleozoic Ammonoid Sutures, Science Magazine]

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Latest revision as of 16:01, 1 May 2024

Dimeroceratoidea
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Tornoceratina
Superfamily: Dimeroceratoidea
Hyatt 1884
Families
Synonyms

Dimerocerataceae

Dimeroceratoidea, formerly Dimerocerataceae, is one of six superfamilies in the goniatitid suborder Tornoceratina which lived during the Devonian. Five families are included, the Dimeroceratidae being the type family.

Gonitites, to which they belong, are primitive ammonites sensu lato, extinct shelled cephalopods more closely related to living animals like squids and octopodes than to similarly shelled nautiloids such as the modern genus Nautilus.

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