Xenodiscus Waagen 1879 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Synonyms: Palaeolecanites Reed 1944, Proceratites Kittl 1903, Xenaspis Waagen 1879, Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) Waagen 1879

Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72

Parent taxon: Xenodiscidae according to D. Korn and V. Hairapetian 2021

See also Astre 1934, Korn 2006, Leonova 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou 2017

Sister taxa: Aldanoceras, Arasella, Hypophiceras, Iranites, Kaibinoceras, Kelteroceras, Laibinoceras, Metophiceras, Multisulcites, Paraceltitoides, Penglaites, Phisonites, Sakhaites, Shevyrevites, Sutchanites, Tompophiceras

Subtaxa: Palaeolecanites chapriensis Xenodiscus araxensis Xenodiscus beedei Xenodiscus besairiei Xenodiscus carbonarius Xenodiscus chaotianensis Xenodiscus dieneri Xenodiscus dorashamensis Xenodiscus gilberti Xenodiscus guangxiensis Xenodiscus jubilaearis Xenodiscus khoorensis Xenodiscus koczyrkeviczi Xenodiscus lissarensis Xenodiscus rotundus Xenodiscus subcarbonarius Xenodiscus tarpeyi Xenodiscus wanneri Xenodiscus xizangensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (1), Iran (5), Japan (2), Laos (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Idaho)

• Permian to Triassic of the Russian Federation (1)

• Permian of Armenia (1), Azerbaijan (5), China (22), India (5), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Japan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (20), the Russian Federation (14), Thailand (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 95 collections including 107 occurrences

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