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Xenodiscidae Frech 1902

  • 1. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
  • 2. Department of Geology, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran.
  • 3. Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, 9177948974, Mashhad, Iran.
  • 4. Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Princetonlaan 8 A, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands. & Department of Geology, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran.
  • 5. Department of Geology, Esfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, Iran

Description

Family Xenodiscidae Frech, 1902

Diagnosis

Representatives of the superfamily Xenodiscoidea with a small to moderately large conch, in which the ontogeny displays up to three stages, beginning with an unsculptured initial stage followed by a juvenile stage with transverse ribs, and an adult stage with a weakening of the sculpture. Suture line with unserrated or weakly serrated, short but rather wide external lobe; adventive, lateral and umbilical lobe often multidentate; some species with a simplified suture line without serrations.

Included Permian genera

Iranites Teichert & Kummel, 1973; Laibinoceras Yang, 1987; Multisulcites Liang, 1983; Paraceltitoides Zheng & Chen, 1979; Penglaites Yang, 1987; Phisonites Shevyrev, 1965; Shevyrevites Teichert & Kummel in Teichert et al., 1973; Xenodiscus Waagen, 1879.

Notes

Published as part of Korn, Dieter, Hairapetian, Vachik, Ghaderi, Abbas, Leda, Lucyna, Schobben, Martin & Akbari, Amir, 2021, The Changhsingian (Late Permian) ammonoids from Baghuk Mountain (Central Iran), pp. 1-106 in European Journal of Taxonomy 776 on page 18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.776.1559, http://zenodo.org/record/5604715

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References

  • Teichert C., Kummel B. & Sweet W. C. 1973. Permian - Triassic strata, Kuh-e-Ali Bashi, Northwestern Iran. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 145 (8): 359 - 472.
  • Yang F. 1987. Late Late Permian strata and their ammonoid zones in Southwest China. Earth Science - Journal of Wuhan College of Geology 1985 (10): 129 - 144.
  • Liang X. 1983. New material of Permian ammonoids with discussion on the origin, migration of Araxoceratidae and the horizon of the Paratirolites. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22 (6): 606 - 615.
  • Shevyrev A. A. 1965. Nadortyad Ammonoidea. In: Ruzhencev V. E. & Sarytcheva T. G. (eds) Rasvitie i smena morskikh organizmov na rubezhe Paleozoya i Mezozoya. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR 108: 166 - 182.