†Pseudosirenites elegans von Mojsisovics 1896 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Alternative combination: Sirenites elegans

Synonym: Sirenites elegantiformis Diener 1906

Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1896. Upper Triassic Cephalopoda faunae of the Himalaya. Palaeontologia Indica 10(3):1-264

Belongs to Pseudosirenites according to F. Tatzreiter 1981

See also von Mojsisovics 1896

Sister taxa: Pseudosirenites bullatus, Pseudosirenites evae, Pseudosirenites falcatus, Pseudosirenites pardoneti, Pseudosirenites pressus, Pseudosirenites stachei

Type specimens:

  • Pseudosirenites elegans: Its type locality is Bambanag, Halorites Beds, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in India
  • Sirenites elegantiformis:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Nepal (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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