Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites carbonarius, Xenaspis (Vishnuites) carbonarius, Xenaspis carbonaria, Xenodiscus (Xenaspis) carbonarius
Synonym: Xenodiscus plicatus Waagen 1879
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1872. On the occurrence of Ammonites, associated with Ceratites, and Goniatites in the Carboniferous deposits of the Salt Range. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 9(4):351-358
Belongs to Xenodiscus according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Astre 1934, Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Ehiro and Bando 1978, Reed 1944, Spath 1934, Spath 1935, Spinosa et al. 1975, Vaillant-Couturier Treat 1933, Waagen 1872 and Waagen 1879
Sister taxa: Xenodiscus araxensis, Xenodiscus beedei, Xenodiscus besairiei, Xenodiscus chaotianensis, Xenodiscus dieneri, Xenodiscus dorashamensis, Xenodiscus gilberti, Xenodiscus guangxiensis, Xenodiscus jubilaearis, Xenodiscus khoorensis, Xenodiscus koczyrkeviczi, Xenodiscus lissarensis, Xenodiscus rotundus, Xenodiscus subcarbonarius, Xenodiscus tarpeyi, Xenodiscus wanneri, Xenodiscus xizangensis, Palaeolecanites chapriensis
Type specimens:
- Xenodiscus carbonarius: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
- Xenodiscus plicatus: Its type locality is Katwahi, yellow sandy marl, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate marl in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 62.1
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), India (2), Japan (1), Pakistan (15), United States (1: California)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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