Uranoceras
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Uranoceras Temporal range: Middle Silurian
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | †Tarphycerida |
Family: | †Uranoceratidae |
Genus: | †Uranoceras Hyatt, 1884 |
Uranoceras is a barrandeocerid genus from the Middle Silurian belonging to the family Uranoceratidae, characterized by its loosely coiled, gyroconic shell of 1.5 to 2 subquadrate whorls.
The shell of Uranoceras is typically smooth but may have growth lines that form a hyponomic sinus on the venter. The Siphuncle is large, displaced slightly ventral from the center. Septal necks are straight; connecting rings cylindrical, thin, and strongly contracted where they meet the necks.
Uranoceras has been found in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin in the United States; Anticosti Island in Canada; and in both central and northern Europe.
See also
References
- Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea-Barrandeocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.
- Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA)Error: "Q7899721" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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