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Sirenites lawsoni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Sirenites lawsoni was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Sirenites lawsoni Hyatt and Smith p. 198 figs. Pl 46, figs 16,17; pl 47, figs 1-9
1927Sirenites lawsoni Smith p. 82 figs. Pl 46, figs 16,17; pl 47, figs 1-9

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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
genusSirenitesMojsisovics 1893
specieslawsoni

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.

Sirenites lawsoni Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
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