| Clinoceratidae Temporal range: Ordovician
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Orthocerida |
| Family: | †Clinoceratidae Flower, 1946 |
Clinoceratidae is an extinct family of actively mobile carnivorous cephalopod of the order Orthocerida that lived in what would be North America and Europe during the middle Ordovician through Early Silurian from 466–443.7 mya, existing for approximately 22.3 million years.[1]