Titanites

Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic. Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Description

Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter over for Titanites giganteus and for T. anguiformis. Much larger species, Titanites occidentalis with estimated diameter about is reassigned to genus Corbinites. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.