Tirolites

Tirolites Temporal range: early Spathian ~250.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Tirolites cassianus fossil
Scientific 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

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]

References

1. 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.