Pseudosirenites

Pseudosirenites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Pseudosirenites
Arthaber,1911

Pseudosirenites is an Upper Triassic ammonite belonging to the ceratitid family Trachyceratidae, like Sirenites, but with a narrow outer rim (venter) that has a nodose keel on either side.

References

Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, ' Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Geological Society of America. 1957.

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