Projovellania
| Projovellania Temporal range: M Silurian
| |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
|
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | Cephalopoda
|
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea
|
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Projovellania Hyatt in Zillel,1900
|
Projovellania is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod belonging to the oncocerid family Jovellaniidae found in mid Silurian sediments in Europe. The shell is a longiconic cyrtocone, like that of Jovellania or , except for being compressed rather than depressed.
References[]
- Sweet W.C. 1964. Nautiloidea-Oncocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press. Teichert & Moore, (eds)
Categories:
- Nautiloids