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†family Oppeliidae Bonarelli 1894 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Alternative spelling: Oppelidae

Parent taxon: Haploceratoidea according to G. M. El Qot 2018

See also Arkell et al. 1957, Baudouin et al. 2011, Cantu-Chapa 1962, Förster 1975, Garrido et al. 2018, Henderson 1990, Klinger and Kennedy 1990, Majidifard 2015, Parent 2006, Sato and Yamada 2014, Verma and Westermann 1973, Wright 1952 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Binneyitidae, Haploceratidae, Hebetoxyitidae, Lissoceratidae, Strigoceratidae, Tropitoides

Subtaxa: Aconeceratinae Bonarelliinae Bradfordiinae Bukowskites Cieneguiticeras Distichoceratinae Glochiceras Glochiceratinae Hecticoceratinae Mazapilitinae Naramoceras Ochetoceratinae Oppelia Oppeliinae Oxycerites Paroecotraustes Paroxycerites Pasottia Prohecticoceras Streblitinae Taramelliceratinae

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Type: Oppelia

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

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