- Noritidea
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Noritidae
Temporal range: L - M TriassicScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea Order: Ceratitida Superfamily: Noritaceae Family: Noritidae
Karpinsky 1889Genera - Albanites
- Ananorites
- Arthaberites
- Bosnites
- Metahedenstroemia
- Neoclypites
- Norites
The Noritidae, sometimes spelled Noritidea, is an extinct cephalopod family of belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida and superfamily Noritaceae.
The Noritidae, which lived during the Early and Middle Triassic, are characterized by smooth, flat, discoidal shells with tabulate venters bordered by pronounced shoulders. Sutures are ceratitic with club-shaped saddles.
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Arkell et al 1957, Mesozoic Ammonoidea Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology
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