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Tectocyclus divergens

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Helicocyclus divergens was named by Riley (1996). Its type specimen is BGS LZA 9422, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tectocyclus divergens by Becker (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Helicocyclus divergens Riley p. 74 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,9,12
2009Helicocyclus divergens Tilsley and Korn p. 228 fig. 9
2023Tectocyclus divergens Becker p. 816

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPericyclidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyHelicocyclinae
genusTectocyclus
speciesdivergens(Riley 1996)

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.

†Tectocyclus divergens Riley 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
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