†Sirenites smithi Burckhardt and Scalia 1905 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Full reference: C. Burckhardt and S. Scalia. 1905. Le faune marine du Trias Supérieur de Zacatecas. Boletín del Instituto Geológico de Mexico 21:1-44
Belongs to Sirenites according to C. Burckhardt and S. Scalia 1905
Sister taxa: Sirenites betulinus, Sirenites hayesi, Sirenites homfrayi, Sirenites irregularis, Sirenites lawsoni, Sirenites malayicus, Sirenites nanseni, Sirenites ovinus, Sirenites senticosus, Sirenites serotinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Puente del Ahogado, Zacatecas, which is in a Julian marine shale in Mexico
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Puente del Ahogado, Zacatecas
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