Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Alternative combination: Dinarites sinuatus

Synonyms: Xenoceltites pulcher Guex 1978, Xenodiscus aequicostatus Diener 1913, Xenodiscus althothae Diener 1913, Xenodiscus comptoni Diener 1913, Xenodiscus salomonii Diener 1913

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Glyptophiceras according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Glyptophiceras minimum, Glyptophiceras minor, Glyptophiceras polare, Glyptophiceras pseudellipticum, Glyptophiceras serpentinum, Glyptophiceras triviale

Type specimens:

• Glyptophiceras sinuatum: Its type locality is Chidroo, Bivalve Beds just below dolomite, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Bivalve Beds Formation of Pakistan
• Xenoceltites pulcher: Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 65, a shell. Its type locality is Zaluch, Bed 7, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
• Xenodiscus aequicostatus:
• Xenodiscus althothae:
• Xenodiscus comptoni:
• Xenodiscus salomonii:

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 9.62, shell diameter 40.8