Albanites
| Albanites Temporal range: Lower Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Noritaceae |
| Family: | Noritidae |
| Genus: | Albanites Arthaber, 1909 |
Albanites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida that lived during the Early Triassic.
The shell of Albanites is more or less involute, smooth or faintly ribbed. Sides are flattened; the venter, which is the outer rim, is broadly rounded. Sutures are ceratitic with jagged lobes and rounded saddles.
Albanites is included in the Meekoceratidae although Arkell, et al. (1957) included it in the Noritidae in the Treatise Part L, 1957.
References
- Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Albanites-Paleodb 10/8/11