Biology:Melagathiceratidae

From HandWiki

Melagathiceratidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mollusca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Cephalopoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ammonoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Ceratitida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Meekoceratoidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Melagathiceratidae
Tozer 1971
Genera
  • Juvenites
  • Melagathiceras
  • Proharpoceras
  • Thermalites

Melagathiceratidae is an extinct family of Lower Triassic ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the order Ceratitida established by E. T. Tozer in 1971.

The type genus of the family is Melagathiceras. The type species, Melagathiceras globosus was first named in by Popov in 1939, from Siberia as Parannites globosus. Melegathiceras crassum Tozer, from the Canadian Arctic, is an alternative of Juvenites crassus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6810946 entry