The Noritidae, sometimes spelled Noritidea, is an extinct cephalopod family of belonging to the ammonoid order Ceratitida and superfamily Noritoidea.
| Noritidae Temporal range: L - M Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | †Noritoidea |
| Family: | †Noritidae Karpinsky 1889 |
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The Noritidae, which lived during the Early and Middle Triassic, are characterized by smooth, flat, discoidal shells with tabulate venters bordered by pronounced shoulders. Sutures are ceratitic with club-shaped saddles.
References edit
- The Paleobiology Database
- Arkell et al. 1957, Mesozoic Ammonoidea Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology
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