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Neosirenites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Neosirenites was named by Popov (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sirenitinae by Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. pseudopentastichus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. pentastichus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Neosirenites Popov
1981Neosirenites Tozer p. 96
2002Neosirenites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilySirenitinaeTozer 1971
genusNeosirenitesPopov 1961

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Neosirenites Popov 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.3
shell diameter138.4
shell inflation110.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Tuvalian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Russian Federation N. pseudopentastichus (151094) N. sp., N. pseudopentastichus (214799)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Russian Federation N. pentastichus (214800) N. sp. (124632)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Russian Federation (Siberia) N. pentastichus (49632)