Alurites
| Alurites | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
References[edit]
- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
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