Melonites Temporal range: Famennian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Goniatitida |
Suborder: | Tornoceratina |
Superfamily: | Dimeroceratoidea |
Family: | Cheiloceratidae |
Subfamily: | Raymondiceratinae |
Genus: |
Melonites Bogoslovskii, 1971 |
Melonites is genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Cheiloceratidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Devonian (Famennian). Same generic name has also been used for genus of echinoid named Melonites Norwood & Owen, 1846.
Sometimes, more species were added into this genus: