Arnioceltites

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Arnioceltites
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Arnioceltites

Mojsisovis 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 Tropitaceae.

References[edit]

  • 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.