Estonioceras

Estonioceras
Temporal range: Ordovician
Estonioceras, found in the uppermost layer in Stora stenbrottet at Mt. Kinnekulle, Sweden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Tarphycerida
Family: †Estonioceratidae
Genus: †
Noetling, 1883
Species

Estonioceras imperfectum (Quenstedt, 1845)

Estonioceras, from Estonia and Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), meaning "horn", is an extinct genus of tarphyceridan nautiloids from the Ordovician of Europe.

Sources

  • Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
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