Melagathiceratidae
| Melagathiceratidae Temporal range: Late Triassic
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| Family: | Melagathiceratidae
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Melagathiceratidae is an extinct family of Lower Triassic ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the order Ceratitida established by E. T. Tozer in 1971.
The type genus of the family is . The type species, globosus was first named in by Popov in 1939, from Siberia as . Melegathiceras crassum Tozer, from the Canadian Arctic, is an alternative of .
References[]
- The Paleobiology Database accessed 2 June 12
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