Epadrianites

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Epadrianites
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass:† Ammonoidea
Order:† Goniatitida
Family:† Adrianitidae
Subfamily:† Adrianitinae
Genus:† Epadrianites
Schindewolf, 1931
Species
  • E. beyrichi

Epadrianites is a genus of the Adrianitidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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Adrianitinae is a subfamily of the Adrianitidae which is part of the goniatitid superfamily Adrianitaceae. The Adrianitinae which comprise the more advanced genera in the Adrianitidae have sutures that form 14 to 30 lobes. Shells may be discoidal or globular or in between.

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