Xenodrepanites
Xenodrepanites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the Ceratitida from the Upper Triassic of the Himalayas. Xenodrepanites has a very compressed, discoidal shell with a ventral furrow bordered by crenulated keels and a sub-ammonitic suture.[1]
| Xenodrepanites Temporal range: U Trias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | †Clydonitoidea |
| Family: | †Arpaditidae |
| Genus: | †Xenodrepanites Diener (1916) |
Some put Xenodrepanites in the Clydonitacan family, Cyrtopleuritidae[2] instead.
References
- Xenodrepanites Treatise on Invertebrate PaleontologyPart L, Ammonoidea (p L158-L164)
- Xenodrepanites
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