Clarkesvillia
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| Clarkesvillia Temporal range: U Ordovician | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Discosorida |
| Family: | Westonoceratidae |
| Genus: | Clarkesvillia Flower, 1946 |
Clarkesvillia is an Upper Ordovician westonocerid genus the differs from Faberoceras in having a more flattened venter and from the later Glyptodendron in having a more ventrally located siphuncle.
references
- Teichert, C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Discosorida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K Teichert and Moore, eds.
- Clarkesvillia-Paleobiology DB
see also list of nautiloids
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