Griesbachites
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Griesbachites
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Carnian|Norian}}
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Cephalopoda
| subclassis = Ammonoidea
| ordo = Ceratitida
| familia = Haloritidae
| genus = Griesbachites
| genus_authority = Mojsisovics, 1896
}}
Griesbachites is a genus of Late Triassic ceratitids included in the Haloritidae, with widespread distribution from the Alps through the Himalaya and Timur to British Columbia.
The shell of Griesbachites is involute, subglobose to subdiscoidal, ribbed; with sloping sides converging on an arched venter. Like Juvavites except has nodes or clavi on the ventrolateral area of the phragmocone. Suture ammonitic.
References
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- Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America, and University of Kansas Press
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14146 Griesbachites-Paleodb]
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Category:Fossils of British Columbia
Category:Carnian first appearances
Category:Norian genus extinctions
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