Xenoceltitidae

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

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.

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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