''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of

ammonite 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) ...

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s in the family

Ceratitidae ''Ceratitidae'' is an extinct family of ammonite cephalopods. Fossils of ''Ceratitidae'' are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania. Selected genera Subfam ...

Species

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Paraceratites gabbi ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * '' Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * '' Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Para ...

'' † Meek 1877 * ''

Paraceratites binodosus ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * ''Paraceratites gabbi ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * '' Paraceratites gabb ...

'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Paraceratites elegans'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * ''

Paraceratites orientalis ''Paraceratites'' is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae. Species * '' Paraceratites gabbi'' † Meek 1877 * '' Paraceratites binodosus'' † Hauer 1850 * '' Paraceratites brembanus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Para ...

'' † Yabe and Shimizu 1927 * '' Paraceratites stecki'' † Silberling and Nichols 1982 * '' Paraceratites subnodosus'' † Mojsisovics 1882 * '' Paraceratites trinodosus'' † Mojsisovics 1882

Distribution

Fossils of ''Paraceratites'' are found in the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

marine strata throughout the world, including

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References

The Paleobiology Database
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