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Serpenticyclus fuscus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Helicocyclus fuscus was named by Korn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3985, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ksar Bouhamed B, Taouz, Oued Znaigui Formation, Tafilalt, which is in a Tournaisian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone in the Oued Znaigui Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Serpenticyclus.

It was recombined as Serpenticyclus fuscus by Becker (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Helicocyclus fuscus Korn et al. p. 84 figs. 23C,D, 24
2023Serpenticyclus fuscus Becker p. 815

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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
genusSerpenticyclus
speciesfuscus()

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.

Serpenticyclus fuscus Korn et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available