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Rotopericyclus rotuliformis

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Rotopericyclidae

Taxonomy
Pericyclus rotuliformis was named by Crick (1899). It is the type species of Rotopericyclus.

It was recombined as Rotopericyclus rotuliformis by Turner (1948).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Pericyclus rotuliformis Crick p. 434 fig. 3
1948Rotopericyclus rotuliformis Turner p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyRotopericyclidae
subfamilyRotopericyclinae
genusRotopericyclusTurner 1948
speciesrotuliformis(Crick 1899)

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: 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 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
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