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| Family: | †Ctenobactritidae Shimansky, 1951 [1] |
| Genus: | †Ctenobactrites Shimansky, 1951 |
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| †Ctenobactrites costatus Shimansky, 1951 | |
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Ctenobactrites is an extinct genus of cephalopods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Permian. It contains seven valid species which have been found in Europe, Asia, and North America. [9] It was originally assigned to the order Bactritida, [1] but has been proposed to be a potential member of the order Mixosiphonata. [10]