Paraceratites elegans is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod in the family Ceratitidae. It is known from the Triassic of China and Israel.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Ceratitidae |
| Genus: | †Paraceratites |
| Species: | †P. elegans
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| †Paraceratites elegans (Mojsisovics, 1882)[1]
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†Ceratites elegans Mojsisovics, 1882 | |
References
edit- ^ Die Cephalopoden der mediterranen Triasprovinz. Edmund von Mojsisovics Alfred Hölder, KK Hof-und Universitäts-Buchhändler, 1882.
- ^ The Middle Triassic Marine Invertebrate Faunas of North America, Numéro 83. James Perrin Smith, 1914
- Paraceratites elegans at The Paleobiology Database
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