Aipoceratidae

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Aipoceratidae
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Asymptoceras newloni
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Superfamily: Aipoceratoidea
Family: Aipoceratidae
Hyatt 1883

The Aipoceratidae are a small family of Carboniferous nautilids which have smooth shells and loosely coiled to faintly impressed whorls and in which the aperture may be modified at maturity. The Aipoceratidae include the Lower Carboniferous Aipoceras and Asymptoceras, and Librovitschiceras from the Upper Carboniferous. The Solenochilidae are closely related.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Park K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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