Xenoceltites
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Xenoceltites is an extinct genus of ceratite ammonoid found worldwide in the Lower Triassic.[1][2]
| Xenoceltites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Xenoceltitidae |
| Genus: | †Xenoceltites Spath, 1930 |
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 Xenoceltitidae, a family within the order Ceratitida that with two others form the superfamily Xenodiscaceae.[3]
