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Peripetoceras gigas

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Peripetoceras gigas was named by Prinoth and Posenato (2007). Its type specimen is MNS HP66 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Val d'Anna, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Peripetoceras gigas Prinoth and Posenato p. 158 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-4; text-figs 4S,5H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusPeripetoceras
speciesgigas

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.

†Peripetoceras gigas Prinoth and Posenato 2007
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Diagnosis
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