Noritidae
Appearance
Noritidae Temporal range: L - M Triassic
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Superfamily: | †Noritoidea |
Family: | †Noritidae Karpinsky 1889 |
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The Noritidae, sometimes spelled Noritidea, is an extinct cephalopod family of belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida and superfamily Noritoidea.
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
[edit]- The Paleobiology Database
- Arkell et al. 1957, Mesozoic Ammonoidea Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology