Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Full reference: M., J.r. Gordon. 1986. Late Kinderhookian (Early Mississippian) ammonoids of the western United States. Journal of Paleontology 60(Supplement):1-36
Parent taxon: Pericyclus according to M., Jr. Gordon 1986
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Pericyclus (Caenocyclus), Pericyclus (Pericyclus), Pericyclus (Trapezopericyclus), Pericyclus circulus, Pericyclus intercisus, Pericyclus mercatorius, Pericyclus princeps, Pericyclus tortuosus, Pericyclus trochus
Subtaxa: Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) antelopensis Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) blairi Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) cooperi Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) costulatus Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) decipiens Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) filaris Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) rockymontanus
Type: Goniatites blairi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
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