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Sympolycyclus nodifer

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Clionitidae

Taxonomy
Polycyclus nodifer was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California. It is the type species of Sympolycyclus.

It was recombined as Hannaoceras nodifer by Tomlin (1931); it was recombined as Sympolycyclus nodifer by Spath (1951).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Polycyclus nodifer Hyatt and Smith p. 201 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-18
1927Polycyclus nodifer Smith p. 96 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-18
1931Hannaoceras nodifer Tomlin p. 174
1951Sympolycyclus nodifer Spath p. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyClionitidaeArabu 1932
genusSympolycyclus
speciesnodifer()

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.

Sympolycyclus nodifer Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
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