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Sibirites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sibiritidae

Taxonomy
Sibirites elegans was named by Dagis and Ermakova (1988). Its type specimen is IGiG 766/81 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengilyakh Creek, grambergi zone, Olenek River, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Sibirites elegans Dagis and Ermakova p. 93 figs. Pl 30, figs 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familySibiritidaeMojsisovics 1896
genusSibiritesMojsisovics 1886
specieselegans

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.

Sibirites elegans Dagis and Ermakova 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height411.97.8015.812.93.86
shell diameter436.022.152.038.613.1
shell inflation416.99.7026.018.16.95

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Sibirites elegans (107019 type locality: 107048 107195 139246)