Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

PaleoDB taxon number: 131568

Alternative spelling: Tetragonitaceae

Parent taxon: Lytoceratina according to Y. Shigeta and M. Izukura 2018

Sister taxa: Acanthoceratoidea, Deshayesitoidea, Desmoceratoidea, Engonoceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Haploceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Hoplitoidea, Lytoceratoidea, Neokanabiceras, Perisphinctaceae, Perisphinctoidea, Psiloceratoidea, Pulchelliaceae, Sphaeroceratoidea, Spiroceratoidea, Stephanoceratoidea

Subtaxa: Gaudryceratidae, Protetragonitidae, Tetragonitidae

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Type: Lytoceras (Tetragonites)

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore