Wadeoceras
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Subclass: | Nautiloidea
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| Genus: | Wadeoceras Teichert, 1939
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Wadeoceras is a genus of nautiloids included in the Polyelasmoceratidae, a family of oncocerids living from the Middle Silurian to the Late Devonian.
The Phragmocone of Wadeoceras is cyrtoconic (curved) and the living chamber, more orthoconic (straight).
References[]
- Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocerida, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 3. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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- Late Devonian animals
- Late Devonian genus extinctions
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