Imitoceratinae

Imitoceratinae
Imitoceras rotatorium. Early Carboniferous, Rockford Limestone, Rockford, Illinois (USA).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Goniatitida
Family:	†Prionoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Imitoceratinae Ruzhencev, 1950
Genera
Imitoceras Irinoceras Triimitoceras

Imitoceratinae is one of six subfamilies of the Prionoceratidae family, a member of the Goniatitida order. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

Imitoceras rotatorium (Mississippian). Seymour, Indiana (USA)

References

• The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07