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Xenodiscus ✝
| Description | Xenodiscus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus and one of the earliest 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 From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenodiscus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Xenodiscidae : Xenodiscus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Xenodiscidae : Xenodiscus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Xenodiscus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ceratitida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenodiscus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Xenodiscus besairiei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus brouweri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Xenodiscus carbonarius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus chaotianensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus dieneri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Xenodiscus dorashamensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus gilberti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus guangxiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus koczyrkeviczi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus lidacensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Xenodiscus marcoui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus meridionalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus molengraaffi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Xenodiscus nevadanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus nivalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus tarpeyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus waageni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodiscus wanneri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Xenodiscus xizangensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1879 | Xenodiscus Waagen p. 32 |
| 2002 | Xenodiscus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Xenodiscus Korn |
| 2017 | Xenodiscus Zhou p. 86 |
References
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!
