Treptoceras

Treptoceras Temporal range: Ordovician
Fossil of Treptoceras duseri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	†Orthocerida
Family:	†Proteoceratidae
Genus:	†Treptoceras Flower 1942

Treptoceras is a fossil cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae.

Fossil record

It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 460.9 to 445.6 Ma in South Korea and United States.

Species

• †Treptoceras cincinnatiensis Miller 1875
• †Treptoceras duseri Hall and Whitfield 1875
• †Treptoceras fosteri Miller 1875
• †Treptoceras transversum Miller 1875
• †Treptoceras yokoyamai Kobayashi 1927

References

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