Polyelasmoceras

Polyelasmoceras
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. The holotype specimen is held by Museums Victoria and was collected near Murrindal in Victoria.

There is a single species, Polyelasmoceras aduncum.

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.