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Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) rockymontanus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) rockymontanus was named by Gordon (1986). Its type specimen is USNM 377534, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15229-PC, which is in a Kinderhookian/Ivorian marine limestone in the Lodgepole Limestone Formation of Montana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Pericyclus (Goniocyclus) rockymontanus Gordon p. 26 figs. 9.27-9.29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPericyclidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyPericyclinaeHyatt 1900
genusPericyclusMojsisovics 1882
subgenusGoniocyclus
speciesrockymontanus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.0
shell diameter126.5
shell inflation17.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Ivorian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7USA (Montana) Pericyclus rockymontanus (type locality: 6215)