''Arthaberites'' is a genus of
ceratitid
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 ammoni ...
cephalopods included in the
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, ...
that lived during the Middle Triassic, found in the Alps and Balkans of Europe. Its type is ''A. alexandrae''.
''Arthaberites'' has an involute, compressed, discoidal shell with a narrow flatted venter, or outer rim.
References
* Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas Press.
Noritidae
Ceratitida genera
Middle Triassic ammonites
Ammonites of Europe
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