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Genus of molluscs (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austroceratites is a genus of extinct shelled cephalopods that lived during the Triassic, included in ammonoid order Ceratitida. Within the Ceratitida, Autroceratites belongs in the family Ceratitidae and subfamily Ceratitinae.
Austroceratites Temporal range: Triassic | |
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Subfamily: | Ceratitinae |
Genus: | Austroceratites Wegner, 1957 |
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Ceratitidae, in which Austroceratites is placed, is a mid Triassic family that has left evolute to involute, stoutly ribbed, discoidal shells with ceratitic sutures.
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