Arnioceltites

Arnioceltites
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Tropiceltitidae
Genus: †Arnioceltites
Mojsisovics, 1893

Arnioceltites is a genus of Late Triassic ammonites that has been found in the Alps, Sicily, and possibly in California. The shell is evolute and ribbed, with the outer whorls becoming smooth. Arnioceltities is included in the Tropiceltitidae family of the ceeratitid superfamily Tropitoidea.

References

  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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