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Griesbachites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ceratitida

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Family
  
Haloritidae

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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.

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Griesbachites Wikipedia