Xenoceltitidae

Xenoceltitidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Superfamily:	†Xenodiscoidea
Family:	†Xenoceltitidae Spath, 1930
Genera
Anakashmirites Kashmirites Sulioticeras Xenoceltites Xenodiscoides

Xenoceltitidae are evolute, generally ribbed, upper Lower Triassic Ceratitida with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures; formerly included in the Noritaceae but now placed in the Xenodiscaceae.

The Xenoceltitidae are derived from the Ophiceratidae.

References

• Arkell et al. 1957; Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoiea; Geological Society of America
• The Paleobiology Database