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Xenodiscoides ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626299https://www.gbif.org/species/4626299
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82364https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82364
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Flemingitidae : Xenodiscoides
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Flemingitidae : Xenodiscoides
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyFlemingitidaeHyatt 1900
genusXenodiscoidesSpath 1930
Scientific NameXenodiscoides Spath, 1930
Name Published InMedd. Grønland, 83
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xenodiscoidesgenusbelongs to Xenoceltitidaestated without evidenceTozer, 1994
Xenodiscoidesgenusbelongs to Flemingitidaestated with evidenceBrühwiler and Bucher, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance252 - 251 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Xenodiscoides beatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1252 Ma
Permian		252 Ma
Permian
Xenodiscoides calnani ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2252 Ma
Permian		252 Ma
Permian
Xenodiscoides falcatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Xenodiscoides involutus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Xenodiscoides perplicatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Xenodiscoides variocostatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1930Xenodiscoides Spath
1994Xenodiscoides Tozer p. 50
2012Xenodiscoides Brühwiler and Bucher p. 78

References

Tozer E. T. (1994) Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467, 1-663
Brühwiler T., Bucher H. (2012) Systematic palaeontology, in Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan, Special Papers in Palaeontology 88, 22-114
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Medd. Grønland, 83 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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