Paraceratites Temporal range: Triassic
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Paraceratites subnodosus from Triassic – Lenna (Italy) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Ceratitidae |
Subfamily: | †Paraceratitinae |
Genus: | †Paraceratites Hyatt, 1900 |
Paraceratites is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae.
Fossils of Paraceratites are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States and Vietnam.