Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae

Alternative combination: Ceratites cassianus

Synonyms: Ceratites smiriagini Auerbach 1871, Paraceratites prior Kittl 1903, Tirolites (Svilajites) tietzei Kittl 1903, Tirolites angustilobatus Kittl 1903, Tirolites bispinatus Ganev 1966, Tirolites darwini von Mojsisovics 1882, Tirolites haueri von Mojsisovics 1882, Tirolites kerneri Kittl 1903, Tirolites multispinatus Kittl 1903, Tirolites percostatus Kittl 1903, Tirolites smiriagini Auerbach 1871, Tirolites spinosior Kittl 1903, Tirolites spinosus von Mojsisovics 1882, Tirolites toulai Kittl 1903, Tirolites turgidus von Mojsisovics 1882, Tirolitoides prior Kittl 1903, Xenodiscus prior Kittl 1903

Belongs to Tirolites according to A. Brayard et al. 2019

See also Buriy and Zharnikova 1981, Ganev 1966, Kittl 1903, Kummel 1969, Ogilvie Gordon 1927, Shigeta and Nguyen 2014, Spath 1934, von Mojsisovics 1882, Wang and Chen 1979 and Zhao and Wang 1974

Sister taxa: Tirolites (Bittnerites), Tirolites (Hololobus), Tirolites cingulatus, Tirolites evolutus, Tirolites harti, Tirolites idrianus, Tirolites impolitus, Tirolites jiangsuensis, Tirolites latiumbilicatus, Tirolites longilobatus, Tirolites opiparus, Tirolites rossicus, Tirolites smithi, Tirolites ultimus, Tirolites ussuriensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.9

Distribution:

• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), China (8), Croatia (4), Hungary (16), Iran (1), Italy (8), Kazakhstan (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovenia (1), United States (2: Idaho, Utah), Vietnam (3)

Total: 54 collections including 84 occurrences

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