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Poecilomorphus cycloides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cycloides was named by d'Orbigny (1846). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R.04172 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Poecilomorphus cycloides by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites cycloides d'Orbigny p. 370 figs. Pl. 121, Fig. 1-6
1994Poecilomorphus cycloides Enay et al. p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilySonniniinaeBuckman 1892
genusPoecilomorphus
speciescycloides()

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.

Poecilomorphus cycloides d'Orbigny 1846
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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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available