Polyelasmoceras

Polyelasmoceras
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Oncocerida
Family: †Polyelasmoceratidae
Genus: †Polyelasmoceras
Teichert and Glenister. 1952

Polyelasmoceras is an extinct genus of nautiloid from the Early Devonian, between 408 and 393 million years ago.[1] The holotype specimen is held by Museums Victoria and was collected near Murrindal in Victoria.[2]

There is a single species, Polyelasmoceras aduncum.[3]

References

  1. ^ Teichert, Curt; Glenister, Brian F. (1952). "Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 26 (5): 730–752. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1299872.
  2. ^ "Polyelasmoceras aduncum Glenister; Teichert, 1952". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Polyelasmoceras". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-06-29.


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