Albanites

Albanites is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.

Albanites Temporal range: Lower Triassic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Family:	†Noritidae
Genus:	†Albanites Arthaber, 1909

Appearance

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.

Classification

Albanites is included in the family 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