Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Alternative spelling: Trachyceras (Sirenites)
Parent taxon: Sirenitinae according to S. Lukeneder and A. Lukeneder 2014
See also Astakhova 1971, Frech 1912, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1951, Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Anasirenites, Diplosirenites, Guanlingoceras, Neosirenites, Norosirenites, Orientosirenites, Pamphagosirenites, Pseudosirenites, Pseudotibetites, Pterosirenites, Seimkanites, Sirenites nabeschi, Sirenotrachyceras, Striatosirenites, Vredenburgites, Yakutosirenites
Subtaxa: Sirenites betulinus Sirenites hayesi Sirenites homfrayi Sirenites irregularis Sirenites lawsoni Sirenites malayicus Sirenites nanseni Sirenites ovinus Sirenites senticosus Sirenites serotinus Sirenites smithi
Type: Ammonites senticosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Canada (21: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Nepal (1), Papua New Guinea (1), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 43 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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