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Xenodiscus carbonarius

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites carbonarius was named by Waagen (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius by Diener (1897); it was recombined as Xenaspis carbonaria by Diener (1903), Vaillant-Couturier Treat (1933), Spath (1934) and Reed (1944); it was recombined as Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius by Astre (1934); it was recombined as Xenodiscus carbonarius by Waagen (1879), Spinosa et al. (1975), Ehiro and Bando (1978) and Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ceratites carbonarius Waagen p. 355 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3
1879Xenodiscus plicatus Waagen p. 34 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1879Xenodiscus carbonarius Waagen p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-5
1897Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius Diener
1903Xenaspis carbonaria Diener pp. 8, 158 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 6, figs 1-4
1933Xenaspis carbonaria Vaillant-Couturier Treat p. 36 figs. Pl 3, figs 3-5
1934Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius Astre p. 84 figs. Pl 10, figs 18,20
1934Xenaspis carbonaria Spath
1935Xenodiscus plicatus Spath
1944Xenaspis carbonaria Reed p. 371
1944Xenodiscus plicatus Reed p. 371
1975Xenodiscus carbonarius Spinosa et al. p. 271 figs. Pl 7, figs 3-8; text-figs 19,20A,B
1978Xenodiscus carbonarius Ehiro and Bando p. 37 figs. 2.1, 2.2
2002Xenodiscus carbonarius Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusXenodiscus
speciescarbonarius()

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.

Xenodiscus carbonarius Waagen 1872
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Invalid names: Xenodiscus plicatus Waagen 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available