Sigmocycloceras

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Sigmocycloceras
Temporal range: M. Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Sigmocycloceras

Kobayashi, 1934

Sigmocycloceras is a nautiloid cephalopod discovered in the Middle Ordovician of Korea, said to be similar to Sactorthoceras, and included in the Sactorthoceratidae, but unique in being longitudinally sigmoid and sculpted with transverse annuli.

References[]

  • Walter C Sweet 1964. Nautiloidea-Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol Soc of America and Univ. Kansas Press.


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