Trachyceratidae

Trachycerataceae Haug, 1894 The Trachyceratidae is an extinct family of ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods.

The Trachyceratidae makes up part of the superfamily Trachyceratoidea along with such families as the Buchitidae, Distichitidae, Dronovitidae and Noridiscitidae.

Fossils of Trachyceratidae are found in marine strata from the Devonian to the Triassic.

Fossils are known from many localities in Afghanistan, Canada, China, Europe (Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine), India, Japan, the Russian Federation, Thailand, and the United States.

The venters generally have a median furrow bordered by rows of tubercles or continuous keels.