Strophiceras

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Strophiceras
Temporal range: M Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Centroceratidae
Genus: Strophiceras
Hyatt (1844)

Strophiceras is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Order Nautilida, which includes, in a separate family, Nautilus and Allonautilus.

Strophioceras, a gyrogonic form that comes from the Middle Devonian of Europe and named by Hyatt in 1844 is part of the Trigonoceratacean family Centroceratidae which was extant from the Devonian to the Early Permian. (Kummel 1954. Flower 1950)

For further description see Centroceratidae


References

  • Flower and Kummel 1950. A Classification of the Nautiloidea; Jour Paleontology, 24(5), 606-616, Nov 1950.
  • Kummel, B. 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K, Mollusca 3; R.C. Moore (ed), Univ. Kans. press.

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