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{{Short description|Extinct genus of ammonoids}}
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| authority = Ruzhencev & Bogoslovskaya, 1975
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'''''Alurites''''' is a genus belonging to the [[Gastriocerataceae]] superfamily. They are an [[extinction|extinct]] group of [[ammonite|ammonoid]], which are shelled [[cephalopods]] related to [[squid]]s, [[belemnite]]s, [[octopus]]es, and [[cuttlefish]], and more distantly to the [[nautiloid]]s.
==References==
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* [https://www.paleodb.org The Paleobiology Database] accessed on 10/01/07
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[[Category:Goniatitida genera]]
[[Category:Reticuloceratidae]]
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