Sympolycyclus nodifer Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae

Alternative combinations: Hannaoceras nodifer, Polycyclus nodifer

Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Belongs to Sympolycyclus according to L. F. Spath 1951

See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Smith 1927 and Tomlin 1931

Sister taxa: Sympolycyclus antiquus, Sympolycyclus gunningi, Sympolycyclus kellyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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