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Genus of molluscs (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arpadites is a genus of ceratitids in the family Trachyceratidae[1] from the Middle and Upper Triassic (Ladinian and Carnian stages) of Nevada (United States),[2] Alps, Italy, Balkans, Himalayas, and Japan. (Arkel et al. 1962, L162)
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Trachyceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Arpaditinae |
Genus: | †Arpadites Mojsisovic, 1879 |
The genotype Arpadites arpadis came from the upper Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of the Alps in Europe.
Arpadites, named by Mojsisovics, 1879, is characterized by a compressed, evolute, discoidal shell with radial or faintly sigmoidal ribs; smooth, continuous keels; umbilical tubercles, with or without lateral and ventrolateral tubercles as well; and ceratitic sutures with two lateral lobes (on either side).
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