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Rotopericyclus
Taxonomy
Rotopericyclus was named by Turner (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 304,954,1042]. It is not extant. Its type is Pericyclus rotuliformis.
It was reranked as Pericyclus (Rotopericyclus) by Arkell et al. (1957).
It was assigned to Pericyclus by Arkell et al. (1957); to Maxigoniatitidae by Korn et al. (1999); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pericyclinae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009); and to Rotopericyclinae by Korn et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Pericyclus (Rotopericyclus) by Arkell et al. (1957).
It was assigned to Pericyclus by Arkell et al. (1957); to Maxigoniatitidae by Korn et al. (1999); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pericyclinae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009); and to Rotopericyclinae by Korn et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1948 | Rotopericyclus Turner |
| 1957 | Pericyclus (Rotopericyclus) Arkell et al. p. L59 |
| 1999 | Rotopericyclus Korn et al. p. 348 |
| 2002 | Rotopericyclus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Rotopericyclus Korn |
| 2009 | Rotopericyclus Furnish et al. p. 28 |
| 2010 | Rotopericyclus Korn et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Rotopericyclus Turner 1948
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Subg. †Rotopericyclus (Rotopericyclus) Turner 1948
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†Rotopericyclus (Rotopericyclus) pinyonensis Gordon 1986
†Rotopericyclus kaufmanni Korn et al. 2010
†Rotopericyclus lubesederi Korn et al. 2010
†Rotopericyclus postremus Riley 1996
†Rotopericyclus rathi Korn et al. 2010
†Rotopericyclus rotuliformis Crick 1899
†Rotopericyclus trapezoidalis Crick 1899
†Rotopericyclus wendti Korn et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 17 | 23.2 | 8.30 | 38.6 | 23.0 | 7.85 | |
| shell diameter | 17 | 54.9 | 16.5 | 88.8 | 57.4 | 20.1 | |
| shell inflation | 17 | 14.0 | 4.50 | 27.9 | 16.1 | 6.80 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Chadian or 358.86000 to 339.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Nevada) | R. pinyonensis (6227) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Idaho) | R. pinyonensis (6230) | |
| Tournaisian | Algeria | R. lubesederi (135400) R. sp., R. kaufmanni, R. rathi, R. wendti, R. lubesederi (135371 135399) R. wendti (135476) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom (England) | R. postremus (233514) R. sp. (5963) |