Adelphoceras

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Adelphoceras
Temporal range: mid Devonian
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Mollusca
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Nautiloidea
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Adelphoceras

Barrande, 1870

Adelphoceras is a genus of middle Devonian coiled nautiloids from Europe with an oval whorl section and shallow depressed zone on the inner, dorsal, rim; a strongly contracted T-shaped aperture; ventral siphuncle containing actinosiphonate deposits, and two rows of spines on either side.

Adelphoceras is included in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae, and is also a part of the Tainocerataceae.

References[]

  • Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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