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Pericyclus mercatorius

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae

Taxonomy
Pericyclus mercatorius was named by Korn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3962, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Pericyclus mercatorius Korn et al. p. 85 figs. 23E,F, 25, 26

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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
subfamilyPericyclinaeHyatt 1900
genusPericyclusMojsisovics 1882
speciesmercatorius

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.

†Pericyclus mercatorius Korn et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
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