Ceratitoidea

	Ceratitoidea Ceratitoidea, formerly Ceratitaceae, is an ammonite superfamily in order Ceratitida characterized in general by highly ornamented or tuberculate shells with ceratitic sutures that may become goniatitic or ammonitic in some offshoots. (Arkell ''et al.'' 1962) Phylo-taxonomy The Ceratitoidea, according to the ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' (fig. 149, L104) can be divided into the Lower Triassic Hellenitidae, Dinaritidae, Tirolitidae, and Stephanitidae; the essentially lower Middle Triassic Acrochordiceratidae, Beyrichitidae, and Proteusitidae; and the lower Middle and post lower Middle Triassic Ceratitidae and its descendant families. Families descendent from the Ceratidae are the Aplococeratidae and possibly or coeval, the Balatonitidae, Danubitidae, and Hungaritidae, and from the Hungaritidae, the Carnitidae. Of these the Balatonitidae and Danubitidae are restricted to the Anisian (lower Middle Triassic); the Ceratitidae and Hungaritidae to the Anisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Acrochordiceratidae ''Acrochordiceras'' is a genus of Middle Triassic Ammonoidea, ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Ceratitida, ceratitid family Acrochordiceratidae, included in the superfamily Ceratitoidea. The shell of ''Acrochordiceras'', as with the family, is more or less involute with strong, almost transverse, ribs that cross the arched venter uninterrupted. The ventral lobe is bifid. The first lateral lobe is larger than the other and is multi-pronged. Prongs on subsequent smaller lobes are less developed and saddles are small and rounded. ''Acrochordiceras'' was described by Hyatt in 1877 and is known from Eurasia, Timur, California and Nevada. References * Arkell, ''et al''., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geol. Soc. of America and Univ. Kans. Press. Ceratitoidea Ceratitida genera Fossil taxa described in 1877 Triassic ammonites of North America Middle Triassic life Middle Triassic genus first appearances Middle Triass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ceratitida Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as well as ancestral forms from the Upper Permian, the exception being the phylloceratids which gave rise to the great diversity of post Triassic ammonites. Ceratitids overwhelmingly produced planospirally coiled discoidal shells that may be evolute with inner whorls exposed or involute with only the outer whorl showing. In a few later forms the shell became subglobular, in others, trochoidal or uncoiled. Sutures are typically ceratitic, with smooth saddles and serrate or digitized lobes. In a few the sutures are goniatitic while in others they are ammonitic. Taxonomy * Ceratitida Ceratitoidea Choristoceratoidea Clydonitoidea Danubitoidea Dinaritoidea Lobitoidea Meekoceratoidea Megaphyllitoidea Nathorstitoidea Noritoidea Otoceratoidea Pinacoceratoidea Ptychitoidea Sageceratoidea Tropitoidea Xenodiscoidea Only eight superfamilies are sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hungaritidae The Hungaritidae comprises a family of ceratitid ammonites described in the Treatise,(Arkell et al. 1957), as involute compressed, discoidal, with keeled or sharpened venter, smooth to weakly costate. Sutures ceratitid, usually with numerous elements. Hungaritids are Middle Triassic in age spanning a range from about 247 Ma to 235 Ma. By current assessment six genera are included. :'' Hungarites'', type genus :'' Gevanites'' :'' Iberites'' :'' Negebites'' :'' Paraceratitoides'' :'' Perrinoceras'' Arkell, et al. 1957, in Part L of the original treatise lists instead: ''Hungarites'', ''Noetlingites'', ''Longobardites'', ''Neodalmanites'', ''Groenlandites'', ''Perrinoceras'', ''Arctohungarites'', ''Dalmanites'', and ''Prohungarites''. Only two have remained, Hungarites and Perrinoceras. ''Longobardites'' has been removed as type genus for the Longobarditidae Longobarditidae is a family of ceratitd ammonoids known from the early Triassic, included in the Danubitaceae The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sibiritidae Sibiritidae constitutes a family of ceratitid ammonites described in the Treatise, Part L, 1957, as ribbed or teberculate derivatives of Meekoceritidae with modification of the venter from mere widening and transverse ribbing to sulcation (being grooved). The Sibiritidae have been removed from the Noritaceae where 8 genera were included to the Ceratitaceae Ceratitoidea, formerly Ceratitaceae, is an ammonite superfamily in order Ceratitida characterized in general by highly ornamented or tuberculate shells with ceratitic sutures that may become goniatitic or ammonitic in some offshoots. (Arkell ' ... with some 14 genera within three defined subfamilies, as indicated. Keyserlingitinae :'' Goricanites'' :'' Olenekoceras'' :'' Pseudokeyserlingites'' :'' Subolenekites'' Olenikitinae :'' Kazakhstanites'' :'' Olenikites'' :'' Prohungarites'' :'' Pseudosvalbardiceras'' :'' Svalbardiceras'' :'' Timoceras'' :'' Tjururpites'' Silberlingitinae :'' Silberlingites'' ''Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Aplococeratidae Aplococeratidae is a family of ceratitids from the Middle Triassic with very simplified sutures and a tendency to lose their ornamentation. Shells are generally evolute, more or less compressed, with rounded venters. Ornamentation if present consists of umbilical ribs that disappear outwardly, toward the venter. The suture is ceratitic or goniatitic. Arkell ''et al.'' (1957), in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L included the Aplococeraitdae in the Ceratitaceae, whereas E. T. Tozer in 1981 includes them in the Danubitaceae The Danubitoidea is a large and diverse superfamily in the order Ceratitida of the Ammonoidea that combines five families removed from the Ceratitaceae, Clydonitaceae, and Ptychitaceae. Taxonomy Superfamily Danubitoidea * Family Aplococeratidae ..., established by Spath, also in 1951. Genera included in the Aplococeratidae are '' Aplococeras'' (type), '' Apleuroceras'', '' Epiceratites'', '' Laboceras'', '' Metadinarites'', '' Pseudaplococ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anisian In the geologic timescale, the Anisian is the lower stage or earliest age of the Middle Triassic series or epoch and lasted from million years ago until million years ago. The Anisian Age succeeds the Olenekian Age (part of the Lower Triassic Epoch) and precedes the Ladinian Age. Stratigraphic definitions The stage and its name were established by Austrian geologists Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen and Carl Diener in 1895. The name comes from ''Anisus'', the Latin name of the river Enns. The original type locality is at Großreifling in the Austrian state of Styria. The base of the Anisian Stage (also the base of the Middle Triassic series) is sometimes laid at the first appearance of conodont species '' Chiosella timorensis'' in the stratigraphic record. Other stratigraphers prefer to use the base of magnetic chronozone MT1n. There is no accepted global reference profile for the base, but one ( GSSP or golden spike) was proposed at a flank of the mountain Deşli Caira in the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 of the Mesozoic Era. Both the start and end of the period are marked by major extinction events. The Triassic Period is subdivided into three epochs: Early Triassic, Middle Triassic and Late Triassic. The Triassic began in the wake of the Permian–Triassic extinction event, which left the Earth's biosphere impoverished; it was well into the middle of the Triassic before life recovered its former diversity. Three categories of organisms can be distinguished in the Triassic record: survivors from the extinction event, new groups that flourished briefly, and other new groups that went on to dominate the Mesozoic Era. Reptiles, especially archosaurs, were the chief terrestrial vertebrates during this time. A specialized subgroup of archo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Carnian The Carnian (less commonly, Karnian) is the lowermost stage of the Upper Triassic Series (or earliest age of the Late Triassic Epoch). It lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago (Ma). The Carnian is preceded by the Ladinian and is followed by the Norian. Its boundaries are not characterized by major extinctions or biotic turnovers, but a climatic event (known as the Carnian pluvial episode characterized by substantial rainfall) occurred during the Carnian and seems to be associated with important extinctions or biotic radiations. Stratigraphic definitions The Carnian was named in 1869 by Mojsisovics. It is unclear if it was named after the Carnic Alps or after the Austrian region of Carinthia (''Kärnten'' in German) or after the Carnia historical region in northwestern Italy. The name, however, was first used referring to a part of the Hallstatt Limestone cropping out in Austria. The base of the Carnian Stage is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]