Cladiscitidae

{{Short description|Family of molluscs (fossil)}}

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|fossil_range = {{fossil range|247.2 |201.6|ref=}}

|image = Cladiscitidae - Cladiscites species.JPG

|image_caption = Polished fossil shell of Cladiscites species from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris

|regnum = Animalia

|phylum = Mollusca

|classis = Cephalopoda

|subclassis = Ammonoidea

|ordo = Ceratitida

|familia = Cladiscitidae

|familia_authority = Zittel 1884

|subdivision_ranks = Genera

|subdivision_ref =

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Cladiscitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic.{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Cladiscitidae |author-link =| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=100974 | access-date = 17 December 2021 }}

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Albania, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Oman, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, and the United States.

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Category:Triassic ammonites

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