''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of

ammonite Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...

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

s in the family

Ceratitidae ''Ceratitidae'' is an extinct family of ammonite cephalopods. Fossils of ''Ceratitidae'' are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania. Selected genera Subfamil ...

Species

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Paraceratites gabbi ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * '' Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * '' Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Par ...

'' † Meek 1877 * ''

Paraceratites binodosus ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * ''Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * '' Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Para ...

'' † Hauer 1850 * ''

Paraceratites brembanus ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * ''Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * ''Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Parac ...

'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * ''

Paraceratites elegans ''Paraceratites elegans'' is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan Taxonomic rank, class Cephalopoda (Greek language, Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or naut ...

'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * ''

Paraceratites orientalis ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * '' Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * '' Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Par ...

'' † Yabe and Shimizu 1927 * ''

Paraceratites stecki ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * ''Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * ''Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * ''Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Parace ...

'' † Silberling and Nichols 1982 * ''

Paraceratites subnodosus ''Paraceratites subnodosus'' is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Distribution Fossils of ''Paraceratites subnodosus'' are found in the Triassic marine strata of China, Hungary, Israel and Italy Italy ...

'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * ''

Paraceratites trinodosus ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * ''Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * ''Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * ''Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Parace ...

'' † Mojsisovics 1882

Distribution

Fossils of ''Paraceratites'' are found in the

Triassic The Triassic ( ; sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya. The Triassic is t ...

marine strata throughout the world, including

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References

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