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Pseudosirenites bullatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosirenites bullatus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28757 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68301, Mount Ludington, which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pseudosirenites bullatus Tozer p. 173 figs. Pl 136, figs 5,10; pl 143, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilySirenitinaeTozer 1971
genusPseudosirenitesArthaber 1911
speciesbullatus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter230.722.442.032.213.9

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) Pseudosirenites bullatus (137039 type locality: 139035 139036 139120 141748)