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Xenoceltites

Extinct genus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]

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