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Xenodiscoides beatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae

Taxonomy
Xenodiscoides beatus was named by Xu (1988). Its type specimen is Yichang Inst Geol Min Res IV50615 and is a cast. Its type locality is Xiaohe Xh-80-C-2, Lichuan, which is in a Dienerian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ruiping Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. lilangensis, X. planatus, X. rotula, X. serpentinus, X. sitala, X. trapezoidalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Xenodiscoides beatus Xu p. 453 figs. Pl 4, fig 3; text-fig 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyFlemingitidaeHyatt 1900
genusXenodiscoidesSpath 1930
speciesbeatus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available