''Ceratitidae'' is an extinct
family
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of
ammonite cephalopods.
Fossils of ''Ceratitidae'' are found in the
Triassic
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marine strata throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania.
Selected genera
Subfamily
Ceratitinae Mojsisovics 1879
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Acanthoceratites'' Schrammen 1928
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Alloceratites'' Spath 1934
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Ceratites
''Ceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods. These nektonic carnivores lived in marine habitats in what is now Europe, during the Triassic, from the upper-most Anisian to the lower Ladinian
The Ladinian is a stage and age in the ...
'' de Haan 1825
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Eogymnotoceras'' Bucher 1988
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Latemarites'' Brack and Rieber 1993
Subfamily
Nevaditinae Tozer 1994
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Alkaites'' Balini et al. 2006
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Chieseiceras'' Brack and Rieber 1986
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Detoniceras'' Manfrin and Mietto 1991
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Nevadites'' Smith 1914
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Paranevadites'' Tozer 1994
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Xenoprotrachyc''
Subfamily
Paraceratitinae Silberling 1962
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Brackites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Ceccaceras'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Eutomoceras'' Hyatt 1877
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Halilucites'' Diener 1905
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Jenksites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Kellnerites'' Arthaber 1912
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Marcouxites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Paraceratites'' Hyatt 1900
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Parakellnerites'' Rieber 1973
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Repossia'' Rieber 1973
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Rieberites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Rieppelites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005
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Ronconites'' Balini 1992
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Rossiceras'' Fantini Sestini 1994
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Semiornites'' Arthaber 1912
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Silberlingitoides'' Monnet and Bucher 2006
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Stoppaniceras'' Rieber 1973
References
The Paleobiology Database
Ceratitida families
Triassic ammonites
Triassic first appearances
Triassic extinctions
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