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Xenoceltites evolutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae

Taxonomy
Dinarites evolutus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, topmost Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Danubites evolutus by Frebold (1930); it was recombined as Xenoceltites evolutus by Spath (1934) and Bando (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Dinarites evolutus Waagen p. 32 figs. Pl 10, fig 3
1930Danubites evolutus Frebold
1934Xenoceltites evolutus Spath
1964Xenoceltites evolutus Bando p. 86 figs. Pl 1, figs 21a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenoceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusXenoceltitesSpath 1930
speciesevolutus()

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.

Xenoceltites evolutus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
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