Xenodiscus
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| Xenodiscus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Xenodiscidae |
| Genus: | †Xenodiscus Waagen, 1879 |
Xenodiscus is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopod and one of the earliest known ceratites, found in the Upper Permian of northern India and Timor. Xenodiscus is included in the family Xenodiscidae which is part of the ceratite superfamily Xenodiscaceae.[1]
