| Ceratites Temporal range: Triassic |
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|---|---|
| Ceratites nodosus Upper Muschelkal - Germany | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Ceratitaceae |
| Family: | Ceratitidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratitinae |
| Genus: | Ceratites de Haan (1825) |
Ceratites ("Horn Stone") is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod that lived in marine habitats in what is now Europe, Asia, and North America during the Triassic. It has a ceratitic suture pattern on its shell.