| Karapadites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ammonitida |
| Family: | † Kossmaticeratidae |
| Subfamily: | † Kossmaticeratinae |
| Genus: | † Karapadites |
Karapadites is an extinct ammonoid genus belonging to the desmoceratacean family Kossmaticeratidae and is considered by some to be a subgenus of Kossmaticeras .
Karapadites (=K(Karapadites)) which lived during the Late Cretaceous in the late Campanian has a strongly ribbed evolute shell, all whorls exposed, ribs crossing the rounded outer rim, or venter.
