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†superfamily Somoholitoidea Ruzhencev 1938 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida

Alternative spelling: Somoholitaceae

Parent taxon: Goniatitina according to R. V. Kutygin 2016

See also Korn 2006, Korn and Sudar 2016 and Leonova 2002

Sister taxa: Adrianitoidea, Agathiceratoidea, Cycloloboidea, Dimorphoceratoidea, Gastrioceratoidea, Girtyocerataceae, Goniatitidae, Goniatitoidea, Gonioloboceratoidea, Marathonitoidea, Neodimorphoceratoidea, Neoglyphioceratoidea, Neoicoceratoidea, Nomismoceratoidea, Pericycloidea, Popanoceratoidea, Schistoceratoidea, Shumarditoidea, Thalassoceratoidea

Subtaxa: Clistoceratidae Eoshumarditidae Stenolaphyritidae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sample 15–4b/AB–2006, Outcrop 286, Gornaya River (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

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