Suecoceras

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Suecoceras
Fossil range: Early Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Endocerida
Genus: Suecoceras

Suecoceras is an Early Ordovician Endocerid nautiloid. They are characterised by long straight slender shells with a slightly expanded tip that curves slightly downwards.

A typical species, S. barrande (Dewitz), whose fossil remains are known from Sweden, has a shell about 15 cm long.

[edit] References

  • Moore, Raymond C., Lalicker, Cecil G., & Fischer, Alfred G. 1952. Invertebrate Fossils. McGraw-Hill, New York. Page 355
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