Hematitida
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| Hematitida Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Superorder: | †Belemnoidea |
| Order: | †Hematitida Doguzhaeva et al., 2002[1] |
| Family and genera | |
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Hematitidae
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Hematitida is a group of coleoid cephalopods known from the early Carboniferous Period. They are the oldest definite coleoids,[2] although there are controversial claims for even older coleoids from the Devonian.[3] Fossil hematitidans have so far been found only in Arkansas and Utah of the United States.[2] The only family described so far is Hematitidae.