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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Arpaditidae
Genus:
Xenodrepanites

Diener (1916)

Some put Xenodrepanites in the Clydonitacan family, Cyrtopleuritidae[2] instead.

References
  1. Xenodrepanites Treatise on Invertebrate PaleontologyPart L, Ammonoidea (p L158-L164)
  2. Xenodrepanites


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