| Alurites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Goniatitida |
| Family: | † Reticuloceratidae |
| Subfamily: | † Reticuloceratinae |
| Genus: | † Alurites Ruzhencev & Bogoslovskaya, 1975 |
Alurites is a genus belonging to the Gastriocerataceae superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
