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Sibirites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sibiritidae

Taxonomy
Sibirites was named by Mojsisovics (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sibiritidae.

It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sibiritidae by von Mojsisovics (1896), Spath (1934), Kummel (1969), Tozer (1981), Dagys (1997) and Guex et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Sibirites Mojsisovics
1896Sibirites von Mojsisovics
1934Sibirites Spath
1969Sibirites Kummel
1981Sibirites Tozer p. 92
1997Sibirites Dagys p. 217
2002Sibirites Sepkoski
2010Sibirites Guex et al. pp. 48 - 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familySibiritidaeMojsisovics 1896
genusSibiritesMojsisovics 1886

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. †Sibirites Mojsisovics 1886
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†Sibirites carinatus Guex et al. 2005
†Sibirites eichwaldi Keyserling 1845
†Sibirites elegans Dagis and Ermakova 1988
†Sibirites pretiosus Mojsisovics 1886
†Sibirites renzi Kummel 1969
†Sibirites subspinescens Krumbeck 1913
†Sibirites ventroplanus Krumbeck 1913
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Guex et al. 2010Shell characteristically adorned with simple radial ribs somewhat swollen on the lanks, bifurcating on the external lanks and crossing the venter with a projection and a slight interruption at the midline.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height179.996.3016.09.653.46
shell diameter1728.015.152.026.011.7
shell inflation1712.25.2026.010.56.20

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 Olenekian to the top of the Lacian or 251.20000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Anhui) S. eichwaldi, S. crassicostatus (150818) S. sp. (111494)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Jiangsu) S. crassicostatus (150819)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation S. eichwaldi (97058 107049 123495 127745 212543) S. elegans (139246) S. pretiosus (123942 202895 212506 212507 214729) S. pretiosus, S. eichwaldi (214730) S. pretiosus, S. elegans (107019 107048 107195)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Anasibirites anguloso (112607)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Idaho) S. carinatus (150120) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (109415)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Siberia) S. eichwaldi (72344 72345 72346 72354 72357 72358) S. sp., S. pretiosus (72342)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) S. ventroplanus, S. subspinescens (204487)