Ammonoidea

extinct subclass of cephalopods (Cephalopoda)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q228002
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Summary

Ammonoidea is a fossil taxon[1]. Ammonoidea ranks in the top 0.49% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,149 views/month, #48 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subclass[3]
  • Parent taxon: Neocephalopoda[4]
  • Taxon name: Ammonoidea[5]
  • Commons category: Ammonoidea[6]
  • Temporal range start: Emsian[7]
  • Temporal range end: Maastrichtian[8]
  • Start time: -409000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • End time: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ammonites[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopedic Lexicon[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], English Wiktionary[16], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18]
  • This taxon is source of: ammonite fossil[19]
  • Taxon common name: ایمونائٹ[20], ਐਮੋਨਾਇਟ[21], ammonite[22], ammonoid[23], amonit[24]
  • Different from: amniote[25], Ammonites[26]
  • Has list: list of ammonite genera[27]
  • P14541: 4LaXTP[28]

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Identifiers

Ammonoidea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 339398[29]. Ammonoidea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4783611[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ammonoidea include 2023 KQ14[31], a Sednoid[32] and Omanyte[33], a rock-type Pokémon[34].

Why It Matters

Ammonoidea has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Ammonoidea is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Ammonoidea include 2023 KQ14[31], a Sednoid[32] and Omanyte[33], a rock-type Pokémon[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . express.pk. Retrieved . express.pk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . punjabipedia.org. Retrieved . punjabipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 75
    Cephalopod ontology id → 0001054
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da
    Gnd id → 4001739-4
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Cephalopod ontology id: 0001054, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157142680|Ammonoidea (#157142680)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6079|Cephalopod Ontolo"
  2. 11w ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4LaXTP
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages:0||54 */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
  3. 16w ago · Archaeodontosaurus · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → (MHNT) Costidiscus recticostatus and Heteroceras emericianus, Ammonit2.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: (MHNT) Costidiscus recticostatus and Heteroceras emericianus - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.jpg"
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