Xenoceltitidae

Xenoceltitidae are evolute, generally ribbed, upper Lower Triassic Ceratitida with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures; formerly included in the Noritaceae but now placed in the Xenodiscaceae.

Xenoceltitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Xenodiscaceae
Family:
Xenoceltitidae

Spath, 1930
Genera
  • Anakashmirites
  • Kashmirites
  • Sulioticeras
  • Xenoceltites
  • Xenodiscoides

The Xenoceltitidae are derived from the Ophiceratidae.

References
    • Arkell et al. 1957; Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoiea; Geological Society of America
    • The Paleobiology Database


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