Biology:Griesbachites

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Griesbachites Temporal range: Carnian–Norian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ceratitida
Family:	Haloritidae
Genus:	Griesbachites Mojsisovics, 1896

Griesbachites is a genus of Late Triassic ceratitids included in the Haloritidae, with widespread distribution from the Alps through the Himalaya and Timur to British Columbia.

The shell of Griesbachites is involute, subglobose to subdiscoidal, ribbed; with sloping sides converging on an arched venter. Like Juvavites except has nodes or clavi on the ventrolateral area of the phragmocone. Suture ammonitic.

References

• Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America, and University of Kansas Press
• Griesbachites-Paleodb

Wikidata ☰ Q5608709 entry