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Helicocyclus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Helicocyclus was named by Schindewolf (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 954]. It is not extant. Its type is Pericyclus (Helicocyclus) gracillimus.

It was reranked as Pericyclus (Helicocyclus) by Schindewolf (1951).

It was assigned to Pericyclus by Schindewolf (1951); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ammonellipsitinae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009) and Ebbighausen et al. (2010); and to Helicocyclinae by Becker (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Helicocyclus Schindewolf
1951Pericyclus (Helicocyclus) Schindewolf
2002Helicocyclus Sepkoski
2006Helicocyclus Korn
2009Helicocyclus Furnish et al. p. 28
2010Helicocyclus Ebbighausen et al. p. 166
2023Helicocyclus Becker p. 811

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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
genusHelicocyclusSchindewolf 1951

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.

G. †Helicocyclus Schindewolf 1951
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Helicocyclus gracillimus Schindewolf 1951
Helicocyclus tianshanicus Librovitch 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available