Sirenites
| Sirenites Temporal range: Upper Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Family: | Trachyceratidae |
| Genus: | Sirenites Mojsisovics, 1893 |
Sirenites is an ammonoid cephalopod from the Upper Triassic included in the Ceratitida, and type for the trachyceratid subfamily Sirenitinae.
Sirenites has a compressed shell with distinct furrow running along the outer rim. Sides of the whorls are flattened to convex and covered with sigmoidal ribs that split on tubercles near the outer shoulder. there are two rows of tubercles on whorl sides and one on the inner, or umbilicle, shoulder. Although Sirenites is a ceratitid ammonoid, it suture is ammonitic.
References
Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Geological Society of America. 1957.
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