Oncoceras
| Oncoceras Temporal range: Mid -Late Ordovician | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Oncocerida |
| Genus: | Oncoceras Hall,1847 |
Oncoceras is an oncocerid genus, family Oncoceratidae from the middle and upper Ordovician of North America and Europe.
The shell, or conch, of Oncoceras is relatively short, a curved, compressed brevicone with a maximum width in the phragmocone just behind the body chamber, narrowing toward the aperture. The siphuncle is small, necks recurved.
References
- Waltre C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea-Oncocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.
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