''Ceratitidae'' is an extinct

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of ammonite cephalopods. Fossils of ''Ceratitidae'' are found in the

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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 * '' Acanthoceratites'' Schrammen 1928 * '' Alloceratites'' Spath 1934 * ''

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 * '' Eogymnotoceras'' Bucher 1988 * '' Latemarites'' Brack and Rieber 1993 Subfamily Nevaditinae Tozer 1994 * '' Alkaites'' Balini et al. 2006 * '' Chieseiceras'' Brack and Rieber 1986 * '' Detoniceras'' Manfrin and Mietto 1991 * '' Nevadites'' Smith 1914 * '' Paranevadites'' Tozer 1994 * '' Xenoprotrachyc'' Subfamily Paraceratitinae Silberling 1962 * '' Brackites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Ceccaceras'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Eutomoceras'' Hyatt 1877 * '' Halilucites'' Diener 1905 * '' Jenksites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Kellnerites'' Arthaber 1912 * '' Marcouxites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Paraceratites'' Hyatt 1900 * '' Parakellnerites'' Rieber 1973 * '' Repossia'' Rieber 1973 * '' Rieberites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Rieppelites'' Monnet and Bucher 2005 * '' Ronconites'' Balini 1992 * '' Rossiceras'' Fantini Sestini 1994 * '' Semiornites'' Arthaber 1912 * '' Silberlingitoides'' Monnet and Bucher 2006 * '' Stoppaniceras'' Rieber 1973

References

The Paleobiology Database
Ceratitida families Triassic ammonites Triassic first appearances Triassic extinctions {{Ceratitida-stub