Cladiscites

Cladiscites is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores ^[1] lived during the Triassic, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Hungary, Italy, Oman, Tajikistan, United States^[1] and the East Indies.

References

Notes

1. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

Weblinks

• James Perrin Smith Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive