Litoceras

Litoceras
Temporal range: Early Ordovician–Middle Ordovician
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Tarphycerida
Family: †Trocholitidae
Genus: †Litoceras
Hyatt, 1884

Litoceras is a trocholitid (Tarphycerida) genus that has been found in the Lower and Middle Ordovician of Newfoundland. Whorls in Litoceras have a broadly[clarification needed] rounded cross section with its width greater than its height. Litoceras somewhat resembles the tarphyceratid Pionoceras from the same time, except for the siphuncle[clarification needed] being dorsal and in the center.

Species

Species within the genera Litoceras include:

References

  1. ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Litoceras". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Litoceras calciferum". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Litoceras versutum". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Paleobiology Database: Litoceras whiteavsi". Paleodb.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013.