''Ceratitidae'' is an extinct

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ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttle ...

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda ( Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, ...

s. Fossils of ''Ceratitidae'' are found in the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

marine strata throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania.

Selected genera

Subfamily Ceratitinae Mojsisovics 1879 * '' Acanthoceratites'' Schrammen 1928 * '' Alloceratites'' Spath 1934 * ''

Ceratites ''Ceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods. These nektonic carnivores lived in marine habitats in what is now Europe, during the Triassic, from the upper-most Anisian to the lower Ladinian The Ladinian is a stage and age in th ...

'' de Haan 1825 * '' Eogymnotoceras'' Bucher 1988 * '' Latemarites'' Brack and Rieber 1993 Subfamily Nevaditinae Tozer 1994 * '' Alkaites'' Balini et al. 2006 * '' Chieseiceras'' Brack and Rieber 1986 * '' Detoniceras'' Manfrin and Mietto 1991 * '' Nevadites'' Smith 1914 * '' Paranevadites'' Tozer 1994 * '' Xenoprotrachyc'' Subfamily Paraceratitinae Silberling 1962 * '' Brackites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Ceccaceras'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Eutomoceras'' Hyatt 1877 * '' Halilucites'' Diener 1905 * '' Jenksites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Kellnerites'' Arthaber 1912 * '' Marcouxites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Paraceratites'' Hyatt 1900 * '' Parakellnerites'' Rieber 1973 * '' Repossia'' Rieber 1973 * '' Rieberites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Rieppelites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Ronconites'' Balini 1992 * '' Rossiceras'' Fantini Sestini 1994 * '' Semiornites'' Arthaber 1912 * '' Silberlingitoides'' Monnet and Bucher 2006 * '' Stoppaniceras'' Rieber 1973

References

The Paleobiology Database
Ceratitida families Triassic ammonites Triassic first appearances Triassic extinctions {{Ceratitida-stub