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
Belongs to Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) according to M., Jr. Gordon 1986
Sister taxa: Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) antelopensis, Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) blairi, Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) cooperi, Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) costulatus, Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) filaris, Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) rockymontanus
Type specimen: USNM 377553, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 27875-PC, which is in a Kinderhookian/Ivorian marine mudstone in the McGowan Creek Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Idaho collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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