Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Alternative spellings: Ammonellipsites (Pericyclus), Goniatites (Pericyclus)
Synonyms: Pericyclus (Trapezocyclus) Turner 1948, Trapezocyclus Turner 1948, Trapezopericyclus Turner 1948
Parent taxon: Pericyclinae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Arkell 1957, Arkell et al. 1957, Ebbighausen et al. 2010, Gordon 1964, Korn 2006, Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asiacyclus, Caenocyclus, Goniocycloides, Goniocyclus, Kornia, Nigrocyclus, Nodopericyclus, Orthocyclus, Parahammatocyclus, Parasiacyclus, Polaricyclus, Rhiphaeocyclus
Subtaxa: Pericyclus (Caenocyclus) Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) Pericyclus (Pericyclus) Pericyclus (Trapezopericyclus) Pericyclus circulus Pericyclus intercisus Pericyclus mercatorius Pericyclus princeps Pericyclus tortuosus Pericyclus trochus
Type: Goniatites princeps
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of India (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of Algeria (22), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), France (1), Germany (3), Ireland (1), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (23: Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah)
Total: 54 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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