Arpadites
Arpadites is a genus of Ceratitids in the family Arpaditidae from the Middle and Upper Triassic (Ladinian and Carnian stages) of the Alps, Italy, Balkans, Himalayas, and Japan. (Arkel et al. 1962, L162)
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| Family: | Arpaditidae |
| Genus: | Arpadites Mojsisovics (1879) |
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). The genotype Arpadites arpadis came from the upper Middle Triassic (Ladinean) of the Alps in Europe. (ibid)
References
- Arkel et al., 1962. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Mollusca 4, R.C. Moore (ed)
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