Engorthoceratidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Orthocerida |
| Family: | †Engorthoceratidae Flower, 1962 |
| Genus: | †Engorthoceras Flower, 1962 |
Engorthoceratidae is a small family of Devonian orthocerids and a class of cephalopod found in eastern North America (Ohio and Indiana), containing only the genus Engorthoceras.[1][2]
Taxonomy[]
Engorthoceratidae was named in 1962 by Rousseau Flower to contain the genus Engorthoceras, also named by Flower (1962), and assigned to the Michelinceratida. The genotype is Orthoceras worthoni.[1]
Morphology[]
Engorthoceras produced straight conical shells with a subcircular cross section and a small completely marginal siphuncle.[1] The conical shell is suggestive of belemnite and of its possible ancestry to . Nothing is known of the animal itself.
References[]
- ^ a b c R. H. Flower. (1962). "Notes on the Michelinoceratida". State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 10, Part II
- ^ Engorthoceratidae PaleoBiology Database
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Categories:
- Devonian cephalopods
- Prehistoric nautiloid families
- Monogeneric mollusc families
- Devonian first appearances
- Devonian extinctions
- Taxa named by Rousseau H. Flower
- Orthocerida
- Prehistoric nautiloid stubs