Misplaced Pages

Alloceratites

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Alloceratites
Temporal range: M Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Ceratitidae
Subfamily: Ceratitinae
Genus: Alloceratites
Spath, 1934

Alloceratites is a genus of ammonoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Germany included in the family Ceratitidae.

The mature shell of Alloceratites has strong, well spaced lateral tubercles and clavi (nodes) along either side of the venter. Ribbing between tubercles is indistinct. The suture is ceratitic.

References

Taxon identifiers
Alloceratites


Stub icon

This Ceratitida-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: