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Sirenites
Taxonomy
Sirenites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites senticosus. It is the type genus of Sirenitinae.
It was reranked as Trachyceras (Sirenites) by Frech (1912).
It was assigned to Tirolitidae by von Mojsisovics (1896); to Trachyceras by Frech (1912); to Trachyceratidae by Spath (1951) and Astakhova (1971); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sirenitinae by Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).
It was reranked as Trachyceras (Sirenites) by Frech (1912).
It was assigned to Tirolitidae by von Mojsisovics (1896); to Trachyceras by Frech (1912); to Trachyceratidae by Spath (1951) and Astakhova (1971); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sirenitinae by Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1893 | Sirenites Mojsisovics |
| 1896 | Sirenites von Mojsisovics |
| 1912 | Trachyceras (Sirenites) Frech |
| 1951 | Sirenites Spath p. 44 |
| 1971 | Sirenites Astakhova p. 64 |
| 1981 | Sirenites Tozer p. 96 |
| 1994 | Sirenites Tozer p. 169 |
| 2002 | Sirenites Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Sirenites Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 376 |
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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. †Sirenites Mojsisovics 1893
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†Sirenites betulinus Dittmar 1886
†Sirenites hayesi Smith 1927
†Sirenites homfrayi Gabb 1864
†Sirenites irregularis Kiparisova 1937
†Sirenites lawsoni Hyatt and Smith 1905
†Sirenites malayicus Welter 1914
†Sirenites nanseni Tozer 1961
†Sirenites ovinus Tozer 1994
†Sirenites senticosus Dittmar 1866
†Sirenites serotinus Tozer 1994
†Sirenites smithi Burckhardt and Scalia 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available