Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Full reference: D. M. Work and C. E. Mason. 2004. Mississippian (Late Osagean) ammonoids from the New Providence SHale Member of the Borden Formation, North-Central Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1128-1137
Belongs to Polaricyclus according to D. M. Work and C. E. Mason 2004
Sister taxa: Polaricyclus ballardensis, Polaricyclus bordenensis, Polaricyclus minimus
Type specimen: SUI 11967, a shell. Its type locality is New Providence Sh. Member, Coral Ridge, KY quarry, which is in a Chadian offshore shale in the Borden Formation of Kentucky.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 7.18
Distribution: found only at New Providence Sh. Member, Coral Ridge, KY quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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