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Sirenites senticosus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites senticosus was named by Dittmar (1866). It is the type species of Sirenites.

It was recombined as Sirenites senticosus by Spath (1951), Astakhova (1971), Tsujino et al. (2013) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ammonites senticosus Dittmar p. 375 figs. Pl 17, figs 8,9
1951Sirenites senticosus Spath p. 44
1971Sirenites senticosus Astakhova p. 67 figs. Pl 9, fig 1
2013Sirenites senticosus Tsujino et al. p. 552 fig. 5
2014Sirenites senticosus Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 376 figs. 5AI-AJ, 10A-B

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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
speciessenticosus(Dittmar 1866)

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 senticosus Dittmar 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height49.668.4012.59.111.85
shell diameter423.219.029.022.94.13
shell inflation47.075.7010.06.631.91

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: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Guizhou) Sirenites senticosus (85167)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Ukraine Sirenites senticosus (150935)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Turkey Sirenites senticosus (154843 154847)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Japan Sirenites senticosus (157422)