Lorieroceras

Lorieroceras Temporal range: Lochkovian-Pragian
Reconstruction of L. lorieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	†Oncocerida
Family:	†Nothoceratidae
Genus:	†Lorieroceras Foeste, 1926
Species:	†L. lorieri
Binomial name
†Lorieroceras lorieri (Barrande, 1870)
Synonyms
Trochoceras lorieri Barrande, 1870

Lorieroceras lorieri is an extinct oncocerid nautilitoidean cephalopod belonging to the family Nothoceratidae. Fossils are found in Lower Devonian marine strata of France. Its shell is unusual among nautiloids in that it is a loosely coiled, turban-shaped helix that is sinistrally coiled.

References

• Sweet, W.C. 1964; Nautiloidea -Oncocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K ; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas press; Teichert and Moore (eds).
• Sepkoski Cephalopod Genera