''Maximites'' is a genus of
Late Carboniferous
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ammonoids. Adult specimens were
the smallest known ammonoids, only at about in diameter of shells.
Fossils are found in various Late Carboniferous marine strata in
North America
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. ''Maximites'' is the
sole genus of Maximitidae, one of two
families
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of the Superfamily
Pseudohaloritoidea
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, an important subgroup of the
order
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Goniatitida
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.
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References
The Paleobiology Databaseaccessed on 10/01/07
Pseudohaloritoidea
Goniatitida genera
Carboniferous cephalopods
Ammonites of North America
Paleozoic life of Nunavut
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