Xenoceltitidae

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Xenoceltitidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Superfamily: Xenodiscoidea
Family: Xenoceltitidae
Spath, 1930
Genera

Xenoceltitidae are evolute, generally ribbed, upper Lower Triassic Ceratitida with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures; formerly included in the Noritaceae but now placed in the Xenodiscaceae.

The Xenoceltitidae are derived from the Ophiceratidae.

References

  • Arkell et al. 1957; Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoiea; Geological Society of America
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