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Xenoceltites rotula
Taxonomy
Gyronites rotula was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chitta-Wan near Ghari, lower Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.
It was recombined as Xenodiscus rotula by Welter (1922) and Smith (1932); it was recombined as Xenoceltites rotula by Spath (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Xenoceltites subevolutus by Dagis and Ermakova (1990).
It was recombined as Xenodiscus rotula by Welter (1922) and Smith (1932); it was recombined as Xenoceltites rotula by Spath (1934); it was synonymized subjectively with Xenoceltites subevolutus by Dagis and Ermakova (1990).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Xenoceltites rotula Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 8.57 | 7.00 | 10.0 | 9.00 | 1.53 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 25.9 | 19.0 | 35.0 | 26.0 | 8.02 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 10.7 | 7.00 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 4.51 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||