Polaricyclus bordenensis Work and Mason 2003 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Full reference: D. M. Work and C. E. Mason. 2003. Mississippian (middle Osagean) ammonoids from the Nada Member of the Borden Formation, Kentucky. Journal of Paleontology 77(3):593-596

Belongs to Polaricyclus according to D. M. Work and C. E. Mason 2003

Sister taxa: Polaricyclus ballardensis, Polaricyclus conkini, Polaricyclus minimus

Type specimen: SUI 95344. Its type locality is Hilltop Church Roadcut, which is in a Chadian marine shale/siltstone in the Borden Formation of Kentucky.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.0

Distribution: found only at Hilltop Church Roadcut

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