Ceratitidae

Ceratitidae Temporal range: Triassic
Ceratites dorsoplanus from Mid Triassic - Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ceratitida
Superfamily:	Ceratitaceae
Family:	Ceratitidae Mojsisovics 1879

Ceratitidae is an extinct family of ammonite cephalopods.

Fossils of Ceratitidae are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Afghanistan, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States and Vietnam.

Selected genera

Subfm. Ceratitinae † Mojsisovics 1879

• Acanthoceratites † Schrammen 1928
• Alloceratites † Spath 1934
• Ceratites † de Haan 1825
• Eogymnotoceras † Bucher 1988
• Latemarites † Brack and Rieber 1993

Subfm. 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 †

Subfm. 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