Xenoceltitidae

Xenoceltitidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ceratitida
Superfamily:	Xenodiscaceae
Family:	Xenoceltitidae; Spath, 1930
Genera
	Anakashmirites; Kashmirites; Sulioticeras; Xenoceltites; Xenodiscoides;

Xenoceltitidae are evolute, generally ribbed, upper Lower Triassic Ceratitida with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures; formerly included in the Noritaceae but now placed in the Xenodiscaceae.

The Xenoceltitidae are derived from the Ophiceratidae.

References

Arkell et al. 1957; Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoiea; Geological Society of America
The Paleobiology Database

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