Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: † Ammonoidea
Ordo: Goniatitida
Subordo: Tornoceratatina
Superfamilia: Tornocerataceae
Familia: Posttornoceratidae
Subfamilia: Discoclymeniinae
Genus: Alpinites
Name
Alpinites Bogoslovsky, 1971
References
The Paleobiology Database Accessed 11/23/08
Alpinites is a genus belonging to the Discoclymeniinae subfamily, 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.
References
The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07
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