Sibiritidae constitutes a family of

ceratitid Ceratitida is an order that contains almost all ammonoid cephalopod genera from the Triassic as well as ancestral forms from the Upper Permian, the exception being the phylloceratids which gave rise to the great diversity of post Triassic ammoni ...

ammonites Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...

described in the

Treatise A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions."Treat ...

, Part L, 1957, as ribbed or teberculate derivatives of Meekoceritidae with modification of the venter from mere widening and transverse ribbing to sulcation (being grooved). The Sibiritidae have been removed from the Noritaceae where 8 genera were included to the

Ceratitaceae Ceratitoidea, formerly Ceratitaceae, is an ammonite superfamily in order Ceratitida characterized in general by highly ornamented or tuberculate shells with ceratitic sutures that may become goniatitic or ammonitic in some offshoots. (Arkell ' ...

with some 14 genera within three defined subfamilies, as indicated. Keyserlingitinae
:'' Goricanites'' :'' Olenekoceras'' :'' Pseudokeyserlingites'' :'' Subolenekites'' Olenikitinae :'' Kazakhstanites'' :'' Olenikites'' :'' Prohungarites'' :'' Pseudosvalbardiceras'' :'' Svalbardiceras'' :'' Timoceras'' :'' Tjururpites'' Silberlingitinae :'' Silberlingites''

''References''

* Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957.
Sibiritidae
PbDb 12/07/2013 Ceratitoidea Ceratitida families Early Triassic first appearances Early Triassic extinctions {{Ceratitida-stub