Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Full reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194

Belongs to Xenodiscus according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhao et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Xenodiscus araxensis, Xenodiscus beedei, Xenodiscus besairiei, Xenodiscus carbonarius, Xenodiscus dieneri, Xenodiscus dorashamensis, Xenodiscus gilberti, Xenodiscus guangxiensis, Xenodiscus jubilaearis, Xenodiscus koczyrkeviczi, Xenodiscus lissarensis, Xenodiscus rotundus, Xenodiscus subcarbonarius, Xenodiscus tarpeyi, Xenodiscus wanneri, Xenodiscus xizangensis, Palaeolecanites chapriensis

Type specimen: NIGP 14833. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.9

Distribution: found only at Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County

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