Xenoceltites
| Xenoceltites | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Suborder: | Paraceltitina |
| Superfamily: | Xenodiscaceae |
| Family: | Xenoceltitidae |
| Genus: |
Xenoceltites Spath 1930 |
Xenoceltites is an extinct ceratite ammonite found worldwide in the Lower Triassic. Xenoceltites belongs to the Xenoceltitidae, a taxonomic family within the ceratites that with two others now form the superfamily Xenodiscaceae. One of the earliest ceratites, Xenoceltities has a narrow planospiral shell with a compressed whorl section, that has a suture with 2 weakly toothed lateral lobes and irregular ribbing .
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