Arthaberites
Appearance
Arthaberites Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Noritidae |
Genus: | †Arthaberites Diener 1900 |
Arthaberites is a genus of ceratitid cephalopods included in the Noritidae that lived during the Middle Triassic, found in the Alps and Balkans of Europe. Its type is A. alexandrae.[citation needed]
Arthaberites has an involute, compressed, discoidal shell with a narrow flatted venter, or outer rim.
References
[edit]- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas Press.