Ceratites [1] ( lat. Ceratitida ) is a detachment of extinct cephalopod mollusks from the ammonite subclass that lived in the Permian – Triassic periods. Includes about 400 genera [1] .
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 Ceratites nodosus | ||||||||||
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| Ceratitida zittel |
Types
- Ceratitida
- Ceratitaceae
- Choristocerataceae
- Clydonitaceae
- Danubitaceae
- Dinaritaceae
- Lobitaceae
- Meekocerataceae
- Megaphyllitaceae
- Nathorstitaceae
- Noritaceae
- Otocerataceae
- Pinacocerataceae
- Ptychitaceae
- Sagecerataceae
- Trachycerataceae
- Tropitaceae
- Xenodiscaceae
Interesting Facts
Ceratites nodosus
- In 1774, P.S. Pallas, during an expedition to the Bolshoi Bogda mountain, for the first time for Russia, found there the presence of Triassic deposits through the shells of ceratites [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ceratites // Frankfurt - Chaga. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1978. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 28).
- ↑ Buch L. Explication de trois planches d'Ammonites. Paris. 1831.
- ↑ On the history of the study of Triassic deposits in the USSR // USSR Stratigraphy: The Triassic System. M .: Nedra, 1973. C. 14-18.