''Abichites'' is ceratitid genus, assigned to the family Dzhulfitidae, from the Upper Permian of
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Azerbaijan
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Iran
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/ref> with three species recognized: ''A. abichi'', ''A. mojsisovicsi'', and ''A. stoyanowi'' (the type).
''Abichites'' is based on '' Kashmirites'', a genus of the Lower Triassic with a strongly ribbed, commonly tuberculate, evolute shell. included in the Xenoceltitidae
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
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(Tozer, 1994). Both genera are included in the superfamily Xenodiscaceae
Xenodiscoidea, formerly Xenodiscaceae, is a superfamily within the ammonoid order Ceratitida. The superfamily was named by Frech in 1902, presently contains ten families, only one of which was included in the original Otocerataceae of Hyatt, 1900 ...
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References
* Arkel et al. 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
Ceratitida genera
Permian animals of Asia
Xenodiscoidea
Permian cephalopods
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