Xenoceltites

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Xenoceltites
Temporal range: Olenekian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Xenoceltitidae
Genus: Xenoceltites
Spath, 1930

Xenoceltites is an

extinct genus of ceratite ammonoid found worldwide in the Lower Triassic.[1][2]

Diagnosis

One of the earliest ceratites, Xenoceltites has a narrow planospiral shell with a compressed whorl section, that has a

suture
with two weakly toothed lateral lobes and irregular ribbing.

Classification

Xenoceltites belongs to the

References

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database".
  2. S2CID 134244921
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