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Reticycloceras peytonense

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Reticycloceras peytonense was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119039, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Reticycloceras peytonense Gordon p. 118 figs. Pl 6, figs 23,24,31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusReticyclocerasGordon 1960
speciespeytonense

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) Reticycloceras peytonense (type locality: 5517)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Arkansas) Reticycloceras peytonense (157990 157991 157997 158000)