{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Middle-Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) | image = Museo delle Grigne - EL88 - Arpadites (Arpadites) szaboi.jpg | image_caption = ''Arpadites szaboi'' | taxon = Arpadites | authority = Mojsisovic, 1879 | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}
'''''Arpadites''''' is a genus of ceratitids in the family Trachyceratidae<ref>M. Urlichs. 2017. Revision of some stratigraphically relevant ammonoids from the Cassian Formation (latest Ladinian-Early Carnian, Triassic) of St. Cassian (Dolomites, Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 283:173-204</ref> from the Middle and Upper Triassic (Ladinian and Carnian stages) of Nevada (United States),<ref>Francis Newlands Johnston. 1941. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1298808 Trias at New Pass, Nevada (New Lower Karnic Ammonoids)]. Journal of Paleontology Vol. 15, No. 5 (Sep., 1941), pp. 447-491 (53 pages).</ref> Alps, Italy, Balkans, Himalayas, and Japan. (Arkel et al. 1962, L162)
The genotype ''Arpadites arpadis'' came from the upper Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of the Alps in Europe.
== Description == ''Arpadites'', named by Mojsisovics, 1879, is characterized by a compressed, evolute, discoidal shell with radial or faintly sigmoidal ribs; smooth, continuous keels; umbilical tubercles, with or without lateral and ventrolateral tubercles as well; and ceratitic sutures with two lateral lobes (on either side).
== Gallery == <gallery class="center"> File:Museo delle Grigne - EL96A - Arpadites (Arpadites) arpadis.jpg|''Arpadites arpadis'' File:Museo delle Grigne - EL96B - Arpadites (Arpadites) szaboi.jpg|''Arpadites szaboi'' File:Museo delle Grigne - EL66 - Arpadites telleri.jpg|''Arpadites telleri'' </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * Arkel et al., 1962. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4, R.C. Moore (ed) * N. Fantini Sestini. 1994. The Ladinian ammonoids from the Calcare di Esino of Val Parina (Bergamasc Alps, Northern Italy). Part. 1. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100(2):227-284 * J. J., J.r. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
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Category:Middle Triassic ammonites Category:Ceratitida genera Category:Triassic ammonites of Europe Category:Ladinian first appearances Category:Carnian extinctions Category:Late Triassic ammonites Category:Trachyceratidae Category:Triassic ammonites of North America
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