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Sirenites smithi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Sirenites smithi was named by Burckhardt and Scalia (1905). It is not extant. Its type locality is Puente del Ahogado, Zacatecas, which is in a Julian marine shale in Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Sirenites smithi Burckhardt and Scalia

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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
speciessmithi

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 smithi Burckhardt and Scalia 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Mexico Sirenites smithi (type locality: 201951)