Cyrtoceras

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Cyrtoceras
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Middle Devonian[1] [dead link]
Cyrtoceras NT small.jpg
Digital life restoration of "Cyrtoceras sp"
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Genus: Cyrtoceras
Conrad, 1838
Type species
Cyrtoceras minneapolis
Whiteaves, 1890
Species[2]
  • Cyrtoceras manitobense Whiteaves, 1890
  • Clarke, 1897 Cyrtoceras minneapolis

Cyrtoceras is an extinct genus of oncoceridan nautiloids that lived from the middle Ordovician to the middle Devonian, in Africa, Europe, North America and South America.

References

  1. ^ Teiichi KOBAYASHI (1987). "The Ancestry of the Cephalopoda: From Helcionella to Plectronoceras". Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences. 63 (5): 135. doi:10.2183/pjab.63.135.
  2. ^ "Cyrtoceras". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
  • Fossils (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) by Frank H. T. Rhodes, Paul R. Shaffer, Herbert S. Zim, and Raymond Perlman
  • Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis

External links

  • Cyrtoceras in the Paleobiology DatabaseError: "Q135448" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.