Tirolites is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopod. Its first appearance defines the Smithian-Spathian boundary in the Olenekian stage of the Early Triassic epoch. It is prominent in the Paris biota.[2][1]

Tirolites
Temporal range: early Spathian
~250.6 Ma
Tirolites cassianus fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Tirolitidae
Genus: Tirolites
Mojsisovics, 1879
Species[1]

Tirolites cassianus
Tirolites harti
Tirolites haueri
Tirolites knighti
Tirolites longilobatus
Tirolites mangyshlakensis
Tirolites peali
Tirolites smithi
Tirolites ussuriensis

References

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  1. ^ a b Brayard, Arnaud; Jenks, James F.; Bylund, Kevin G. (2019). "Ammonoids and nautiloids from the earliest Spathian Paris Biota and other early Spathian localities in southeastern Idaho, USA". Geobios. 54: 13–36. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.04.007.
  2. ^ Alroy, John (ed.). "Tirolites Mojsisovics 1879 (ceratite)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. Retrieved 17 December 2021.