''Paraceltites'' is a genus of
ammonoid
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...
cephalopods in the
ceratitid family
Paraceltitidae
Paraceltitidae is a family of Middle and Upper Permian cephalopods, that comprise the earliest of the Ceratitida. Paraceltitidids have variably ribbed, discoidally evolute shells with compressed elliptical whorl sections and simple suture lines. ...
, known from the
Middle and Upper Permian of Sicily, the Alps, Crimea, Texas and Mexico. The shell of ''Paraceltities'' is evolute with whorls compressed, venter arched and smooth, sides bearing ribs that slant somewhat forward dorso-ventrally. The suture is simple and goniatitic.
''Paraceltities'' was named by Gemmellaro, 1887. The type species is ''Paraceltities hoeferi''.
References
* Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1957) p. L131-132; R.C Moore (ed). Geological Society of America and Univ. Kansas Press.
The Paleobiology Database ''Paraceltites'' entry
Paraceltitidae
Ceratitida genera
Permian ammonites
Ammonites of North America
Guadalupian first appearances
Lopingian genus extinctions
Paleozoic life of British Columbia
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