Ceratites

Ceratites
Temporal range: Triassic,
Ceratites nodosus, Upper Muschelkalk - Germany
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Ceratitidae
Subfamily: †Ceratitinae
Genus: †Ceratites
de Haan, 1825
Species
  • Ceratites robustus
  • Ceratites compressus
  • Ceratites evolutus
  • Ceratites spinosus
  • Ceratites postspinosus
  • Ceratites enodis
  • Ceratites sublaevigatus
  • Ceratites nodosus
  • Ceratites weyeri
  • Ceratites dorsoplanus
  • Ceratites semipartitus

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 age.

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