Ammonellipsites

Ammonellipsites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Pericyclaceae
Family: Pericyclidae
Subfamily: Ammonellipsitinae
Genus: Ammonellipsites

Ammonellipsites is a genus belonging to the Ammonellipsitinae subfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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