Paraceratites elegans is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod in the family Ceratitidae. It is known from the Triassic of China and Israel.

Paraceratites elegans
Temporal range: 247.2–242.0 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Ceratitidae
Genus: Paraceratites
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Paraceratites elegans
Synonyms[2]

Ceratites elegans Mojsisovics, 1882

References

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  1. ^ Die Cephalopoden der mediterranen Triasprovinz. Edmund von Mojsisovics Alfred Hölder, KK Hof-und Universitäts-Buchhändler, 1882.
  2. ^ The Middle Triassic Marine Invertebrate Faunas of North America, Numéro 83. James Perrin Smith, 1914