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Alloceratites

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Alloceratites
Temporal range: M Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Ceratitidae
Subfamily: Ceratitinae
Genus: Alloceratites
Spath, 1934

Alloceratites is a genus of ammonoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Germany included in the family Ceratitidae.

The mature shell of Alloceratites has strong, well spaced lateral tubercles and clavi (nodes) along either side of the venter. Ribbing between tubercles is indistinct. The suture is ceratitic.

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