Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Alternative combination: Xenodiscites waageni
Synonym: Cibolites mojsisovicsi Miller 1944
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242
Belongs to Cibolites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller 1944 and Spinosa et al. 1975
Sister taxa: Cibolites africanus, Cibolites curvoplicatus, Cibolites dongwuliensis, Cibolites parvus, Cibolites uddeni
Type specimens:
- Cibolites waageni: YPM 16283. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.
- Cibolites mojsisovicsi: YPM 16292-16294. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.6
Distribution: found only at King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias
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