Xenodiscoides beatus Xu 1988 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1988. Early Triassic cephalopods from Lichuan, western Hubei. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 27:437-456

Belongs to Xenodiscoides according to G. H. Xu 1988

Sister taxa: Xenodiscoides calnani, Xenodiscoides falcatus, Xenodiscoides hollandi, Xenodiscoides involutus, Xenodiscoides perplicatus, Xenodiscoides variocostatus

Type specimen: Yichang Inst Geol Min Res IV50615. Its type locality is Xiaohe Xh-80-C-2, Lichuan, which is in a Dienerian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ruiping Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 79.3

Distribution: found only at Xiaohe Xh-80-C-2, Lichuan

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