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Xenodiscus carbonarius
Taxonomy
Ceratites carbonarius was named by Waagen (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius by Diener (1897); it was recombined as Xenaspis carbonaria by Diener (1903), Vaillant-Couturier Treat (1933), Spath (1934) and Reed (1944); it was recombined as Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius by Astre (1934); it was recombined as Xenodiscus carbonarius by Waagen (1879), Spinosa et al. (1975), Ehiro and Bando (1978) and Leonova (2002).
It was recombined as Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius by Diener (1897); it was recombined as Xenaspis carbonaria by Diener (1903), Vaillant-Couturier Treat (1933), Spath (1934) and Reed (1944); it was recombined as Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius by Astre (1934); it was recombined as Xenodiscus carbonarius by Waagen (1879), Spinosa et al. (1975), Ehiro and Bando (1978) and Leonova (2002).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Ceratites carbonarius Waagen p. 355 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3 |
| 1879 | Xenodiscus plicatus Waagen p. 34 figs. Pl 2, fig 1 |
| 1879 | Xenodiscus carbonarius Waagen p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-5 |
| 1897 | Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius Diener |
| 1903 | Xenaspis carbonaria Diener pp. 8, 158 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 6, figs 1-4 |
| 1933 | Xenaspis carbonaria Vaillant-Couturier Treat p. 36 figs. Pl 3, figs 3-5 |
| 1934 | Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius Astre p. 84 figs. Pl 10, figs 18,20 |
| 1934 | Xenaspis carbonaria Spath |
| 1935 | Xenodiscus plicatus Spath |
| 1944 | Xenaspis carbonaria Reed p. 371 |
| 1944 | Xenodiscus plicatus Reed p. 371 |
| 1975 | Xenodiscus carbonarius Spinosa et al. p. 271 figs. Pl 7, figs 3-8; text-figs 19,20A,B |
| 1978 | Xenodiscus carbonarius Ehiro and Bando p. 37 figs. 2.1, 2.2 |
| 2002 | Xenodiscus carbonarius Leonova |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Xenodiscus carbonarius Waagen 1872
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Invalid names: Xenodiscus plicatus Waagen 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 18.7 | 13.0 | 27.0 | 20.0 | 5.59 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 62.1 | 47.0 | 103.0 | 61.0 | 22.8 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 30.0 | 21.0 | 53.0 | 27.0 | 14.3 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuchiapingian | China (Xizang) | Xenaspis carbonaria (230327) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Japan | Xenodiscus carbonarius (107596) | |
| Wuchiapingian | India | Xenaspis carbonaria (230350 230351) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Xenaspis carbonaria (125909 125910 125963 126002 126004 126265 126267 126268 126699) Xenodiscus carbonarius (119650) Xenodiscus plicatus (119649 126264) Xenodiscus plicatus, Ceratites carbonarius (type locality: 90253) Xenodiscus plicatus, Xenaspis carbonaria (125905) Xenodiscus plicatus, Xenodiscus carbonarius (88933) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (California) | Xenaspis carbonarius (109000) |