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Xenodiscoides

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Flemingitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Xenodiscoides Spath
1934Xenodiscoides Spath
1994Xenodiscoides Tozer p. 50
2012Xenodiscoides Brühwiler and Bucher p. 78
2016Xenodiscoides Tongtherm et al.
2018Xenodiscoides Ware and Bucher

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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

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.

G. †Xenodiscoides Spath 1930
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Xenodiscoides calnani Tozer 1994
Xenodiscoides falcatus Waagen 1895
Xenodiscoides hollandi Spath 1934
Xenodiscoides variocostatus Brühwiler et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1217.36.4032.825.210.4
shell diameter1244.718.188.864.828.6
shell inflation1215.55.8032.522.610.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Olenekian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan Meekoceras falcatum (143629) X. perplicatus, X. involutus (139066 139144) X. perplicatus, X. involutus, X. falcatus (139143)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Afghanistan (Pakhtia) X. falcatus (44119)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2India X. sp., X. variocostatus (104985) X. variocostatus (104977 104978 104986)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Gunagxi) X. lilangensis, X. sitala, X. serpentinus (44014) X. planatus, X. spp. (44000)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Pakistan X. perplicatus, X. involutus (215027)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Thailand X. perplicatus (211353)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Xizang) X. sp. A (229709) X. sp. B, X. sp. C (226379)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Guangxi) X. sp. (104974)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan (Punjab) X. sp. (217499)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Jiangsu) Ophiceras sp. (109785)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan X. hollandi (215004)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Hubei) X. beatus (95718)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Canada (British Columbia) X. calnani (105303 141643)
Dienerian - Spathian250.5 - 247.2China X. rotula, X. trapezoidalis (44006)