Loxoceras

Loxoceras Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
L.breynii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	†Orthocerida
Genus:	†Loxoceras M'Coy, 1844

Loxoceras is a genus of orthocerids of uncertain affinity, the shell of which is a smooth orthocone with the siphuncle between the center and probably the venter. Type species: Orthocera breyni Fleming 1928. May be equivalent to Breynioceras Foerse 1939. Loxoceras has been found in Lower Carboniferous marine strata in Europe

References

• Walter C Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea - Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.