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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Genera: Alpinites - Discoclymenia
Name

Discoclymeniinae Korn, 2002
References

The Paleobiology Database Accessed 11/23/08

Discoclymeniinae is one of two subfamilies of the Posttornoceratidae 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.
References

The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07

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