Treptoceras
Treptoceras Temporal range: Ordovician
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Fossil of Treptoceras duseri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | †Orthocerida |
Family: | †Proteoceratidae |
Genus: | †Treptoceras Flower 1942 |
Treptoceras is a fossil cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae.
Fossil record[]
It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 460.9 to 445.6 Ma in South Korea and United States.[1]
Species[]
- †Treptoceras cincinnatiensis Miller 1875
- †Treptoceras duseri Hall and Whitfield 1875
- †Treptoceras fosteri Miller 1875
- †Treptoceras transversum Miller 1875
- †Treptoceras yokoyamai Kobayashi 1927
References[]
Categories:
- Orthocerida
- Ordovician cephalopods
- Taxa named by Rousseau H. Flower
- Ordovician cephalopods of North America
- Prehistoric cephalopod stubs