Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Reticycloceras girtyi

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Reticycloceras girtyi was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119035, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 1487E, Pilot Mountain, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Reticycloceras girtyi Gordon p. 117 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-8

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusReticyclocerasGordon 1960
speciesgirtyi

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.

†Reticycloceras girtyi Gordon 1964
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 330.90000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Reticycloceras girtyi (type locality: 158025 160493)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Arkansas) Reticycloceras girtyi (158026)