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Reticycloceras peytonense

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Reticycloceras peytonense was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119039, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Reticycloceras peytonense Gordon p. 118 figs. Pl 6, figs 23,24,31

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

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