Paraceratites
Paraceratites Temporal range: Triassic
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Paraceratites subnodosus from Triassic – Lenna (Italy) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Ceratitidae |
Subfamily: | † |
Genus: | †Paraceratites Hyatt, 1900 |
Paraceratites is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae.
Species[]
- † Meek 1877
- † Hauer 1850
- † Mojsisovics 1882
- Paraceratites elegans † Mojsisovics 1882
- † Yabe and Shimizu 1927
- † Silberling and Nichols 1982
- Paraceratites subnodosus † Mojsisovics 1882
- † Mojsisovics 1882
Distribution[]
Fossils of Paraceratites are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States and Vietnam.
References[]
Categories:
- Ceratitidae
- Ceratitida genera
- Triassic cephalopods
- Ammonites of Europe
- Fossils of Serbia
- Ceratitida stubs