Anolcites is a genus of extinct ammonoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic belonging to the ceratitid family Trachyceratidae.

Anolcites
Temporal range: M Triassic
Anolcites doleriticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Subfamily: Anolcitinae
Genus: Anolcites
Mojsisovics, 1893

Specifically Anolcites is a middle Triassic trachyceriatid with no distinct ventral furrow and ribs that cross the venter. The shell is basically evolute and highly ornamented with close spaced flexious, or sigmoidal, ribbing. The whorl section is compressed with straight sides and strongly arched venter.

Anolcites has been found in British Columbia, China, India, and Italy.

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" Arkell et al. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. 1957