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Paraceratites

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Paraceratites
Temporal range: Triassic 247.2–235.0 Ma
Paraceratites subnodosus from Triassic – Lenna (Italy)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Ceratitidae
Subfamily: Paraceratitinae
Genus: Paraceratites
Hyatt, 1900

Paraceratites is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopods in the family Ceratitidae.

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Distribution

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Fossils of Paraceratites are found in the Triassic marine strata throughout the world, including Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United States and Vietnam.

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