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Sirenites homfrayi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites homfrayi was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is ANSP 30793 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Range, Humboldt (Homfray coll), which is in a Julian marine limestone in the Augusta Mountain Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Sirenites homfrayi by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Ammonites homfrayi Gabb p. 26 figs. Pl 4, figs 18,19
1982Sirenites homfrayi Silberling and Nichols p. 59 figs. Pl 25, figs 6,7; text-fig 45

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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
specieshomfrayi()

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 homfrayi Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
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