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Hungaritidae

Extinct family of ammonites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Hungaritidae comprises a family of ceratitid ammonites described in the Treatise,(Arkell et al. 1957), as involute compressed, discoidal, with keeled or sharpened venter, smooth to weakly costate. Sutures ceratitid, usually with numerous elements.

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Hungaritids are Middle Triassic in age spanning a range from about 247 Ma to 235 Ma. As of October 2024, the Paleobiology Database accepted nine genera:[1]

Bullatihungarites
Gevanites
Hungarites, type genus
Iberites
Israelites
Negebites
Nodihungarites
Paraceratitoides
Perrinoceras

Arkell, et al. 1957, in Part L of the original treatise lists instead: Hungarites, Noetlingites, Longobardites, Neodalmanites, Groenlandites, Perrinoceras, Arctohungarites, Dalmanites, and Prohungarites. Only two have remained, Hungarites and Perrinoceras. Longobardites has been removed as type genus for the Longobarditidae, along with Arctohungarites, Groenlandites, and Noetlingites.

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