Ceratitida

Rhabdoceras suessi, copyright Jose Miguel Lorente.

Belongs within: Ammonoidea.

The Ceratitida are a lineage of ammonoids known from the Permian and Triassic, characterised by elaboration of the sutures and ornamentation compared to earlier taxa.

<==Ceratitida [Ceratitina]
    `--Clydonitaceae W69
         |--Thisbites [Thisbitidae] W69
         `--+--Hannaoceras [incl. Sympolycylus] W69
            `--Choristoceratidae [Cochloceratidae] W69
                 |--Choristoceras marshi W69, K79
                 `--+--Peripleurites W69
                    `--+--Rhabdoceras suessi Oravecz 1961 W69, W03
                       `--Cochloceras [incl. Paracochloceras] W69

Ceratitida incertae sedis:
  Ceratites de Haan 1825 CDH04
    |--C. compressus M79
    |--C. evolutus M79
    |--C. sturii H84
    `--C. subnodosi K79
  Paraceltidae RR79
    |--Cibolites uddeni RR79, P68
    |--Kingoceras kingi RR79
    `--Paraceltites Gemmellaro 1887 RR79, ZL04
         |--P. altudensis P68
         |--P. elegans Girty 1908 P68
         |--P. multicostatus P68
         |--P. ornatus Miller & Furnish 1940 P68
         `--P. sellardsi Miller & Furnish 1940 P68
  Xenodiscidae RR79
    |--Phisonites RR79
    |--Pseudotirolites asiatica RR79, PE02
    |--Iranites RR79
    |--Shevyrevites RR79
    `--Xenodiscus RR79
         |--X. carbonarius RR79
         `--X. wanneri RR79
  Dzhulfitidae RR79
    |--Dzhulfites RR79
    |--Paratirolites RR79
    `--Abichites RR79
  Araxoceratidae RR79
    |--Araxoceras RR79
    |--Eoaraxoceras ruzhencevi RR79
    `--Prototoceras RR79
  Ophiceras H84
    |--O. commune K79
    `--O. connectens K79
  Otoceras H84
    |--O. boreale K79
    |--O. concavum K79
    `--O. woodwardi K79
  Hungarites H84
  Dinarites mohammedanus H84
  Tirolites H84
  Arpadites H84
  Beneckia H84
  Meekoceras H84
  Kipsteinia H84
  Balatonites shoshonensis H84, K79
  Trachyceras H84
    |--T. aon K79
    |--T. austriacum K79
    |--T. obesum K79
    `--T. saulus (Laube 1869) DV06
  Celtites H84
  Badiotites H84
  Proceltites H84
  *Lecanites glaucus H84
  Carnites floridus (Wulfen 1793) H84, DV06
  Tropites H84
    |--T. dilleri K79
    |--T. subbullatus K79
    `--T. welleri K79
  Acrochordiceras hyatti H84, K79
  Helictites H84

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[CDH04] Callomon, J. H., D. T. Donovan & M. K. Howarth. 2004. F. A. Quenstedt’s trinomial nomenclature of Jurassic ammonites. Palaeontology 47 (4): 1063–1073.

[DV06] Dalla Vecchia, F. M. 2006. A new sauropterygian reptile with plesiosaurian affinity from the Late Triassic of Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112 (2): 207–225.

[H84] Hyatt, A. 1883–1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Boston Soc. Nat. History, Proc. 22: 253–338.

[K79] Kummel, B. 1979. Triassic. In: Robison, R. A., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt A. Introduction. Fossilisation (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy pp. A351–A389. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).

[M79] Müller, A. H. 1979. Fossilization (taphonomy). In: Robison, R. A., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt A. Introduction. Fossilisation (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy pp. A2–A78. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).

[PE02] Pan, H.-Z., & D. H. Erwin. 2002. Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, south China. Journal of Paleontology 76 (Memoir 56): 1–49.

[P68] Purnell, L. R. 1968. Catalog of the type specimens of invertebrate fossils. Part I: Paleozoic Cephalopoda. United States National Museum Bulletin 262: 1–198.

[RR79] Ross, C. A., & J. R. P. Ross. 1979. Permian. In: Robison, R. A., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt A. Introduction. Fossilisation (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy pp. A291–A350. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).

[W03] Wellnhofer, P. 2003. A Late Triassic pterosaur from the Northern Calcareous Alps (Tyrol, Austria). In: Buffetaut, E., & J.-M. Mazin (eds) Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society Special Publications 217: 5–22. The Geological Society: London.

[W69] Wiedmann, J. 1969. The heteromorphs and ammonoid extinction. Biological Reviews 44: 563–602.

[ZL04] Zhou, Z., & M. Liengjarern. 2004. Lower Permian perrinitid ammonoid faunas from Thailand. Journal of Paleontology 78: 317–339.