Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Alternative combination: Helicocyclus formosus
Full reference: D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, and V. Ebbighausen. 2010. The ammonoids from the Argiles de Teguentour of Oued Temertasset (early Late Tournaisian; Mouydir, Algeria). Fossil Record 13(1):35-152
Belongs to Serpenticyclus according to R. T. Becker 2023
See also Korn et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Serpenticyclus aberratus, Serpenticyclus fuscus, Serpenticyclus inornatus, Serpenticyclus involutus, Serpenticyclus laxaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is SE Oued Temertasset, MOU-X, which is in a Tournaisian marine claystone/limestone in the Argiles de Teguentour Formation of Algeria
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.5
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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