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Neopericyclus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Suborder:  
Goniatitina
    Superfamily:  
Pericycloidea
    Family:  
Pericyclidae
    Subfamily:  
Pericyclinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Neopericyclus POPOV, 1965b, p. 45
    Type Species:  
N. kokdzharensis POPOV, 1965b, p. 46, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 17, 2a-b. *N. kokdzharensis, holotype, Kok-Dzhar River, Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan, Akchetash Formation, IG ANK 2766/86, X 1 (Popov, 1968), ——Fig. 17, 2c. N. hauchecornei (HolZAPFEL), suture, Erdbach limestone, Iberg, Harz Mountains, Germany, Collection Fuhrmann, Clausthal, reversed, X 1.1 (Schindewolf, 1951a)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

France, Germany, Ireland, Algeria, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan (Tian Shan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
351
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
346.73


Description

Similar to Ammonellipsites, but with ornamentation consisting of faint polyschizotomous ribs, which split close to umbilicus




References



Museum or Author Information

Popov, 1968, Schindewolf, 1951