Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Synonym: Cyclonautilus Hind 1910
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647
Parent taxon: Liroceratidae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Barskov and Shilovsky 2014, Niko and Mapes 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Bistrialites, Celeroliroceras, Coelogasteroceras, Condraoceras, Hemiliroceras, Jianoceras, Leniceras, Liroceras, Nemdoceras, Neobistrialites, Paraliroceras, Paranautilus, Perunautilus, Potoceras, Pseudophacoceras, Shikhanonautilus, Stearoceras, Tatianautilus, Thyoceras, Tomponautilus
Subtaxa: Peripetoceras asselense Peripetoceras bridgeportense Peripetoceras brouweri Peripetoceras burovi Peripetoceras cautum Peripetoceras comploji Peripetoceras dubium Peripetoceras fischeri Peripetoceras freieslebeni Peripetoceras gigas Peripetoceras globatoides Peripetoceras ideliense Peripetoceras kummeli Peripetoceras milleri Peripetoceras ozarkense Peripetoceras parum Peripetoceras tormentum Peripetoceras umbilicatum Peripetoceras wanneri Peripetoceras wewokense Peripetoceras whitei
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (7 collections), Iran (1), Italy (3), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (2), United States (11: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 49 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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