''Ananorites'' is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the ceratitd family

Noritidae The Noritidae, sometimes spelled Noritidea, is an extinct cephalopod family of belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida and superfamily Noritoidea. The Noritidae, which lived during the Early and Middle Triassic, are characterized by smooth, ...

found in the Middle Triassic of the Himalaya. The shell is thinly discoidal, evolute, and smooth; cross section highly compressed; venter narrowly rounded except at the late stage where sharp shoulders are developed. As with others of its kind, ''Ananorites'' was probably a

nekton Nekton or necton (from the ) refers to the actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water. The term was proposed by German biologist Ernst Haeckel to differentiate between the active swimmers in a body of water, and the passive organisms ...

ic (swimming) stalking marine predator that spent its time hunting above the sea floor.

References

* Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Part L, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.
Paleobiology Database entry on Ananorites
Noritidae Ceratitida genera Triassic animals of Asia Middle Triassic ammonites {{Ceratitida-stub