Meekoceratidae

The Meekoceratidae is a family of ceratitid ammonites described in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, as being more or less involute, compressed, discoidal, smooth to weakly ornamented; venter arched or tabulate; sutures ceratitic with broad saddles.[1] Now includes four subfamilies.

Meekoceratidae
Temporal range: Early-Middle Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Meekoceratidae

Waagen, 1985

References
  1. W.J Arkell, et al., 197=578. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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