Biology:Aipoceras

Aipoceras Temporal range: Early Mississippian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Nautilida
Family:	†Aipoceratidae
Genus:	†Aipoceras Hyatt, 1884

Aipoceras is a genus of loosely coiled aipoceratid nautiloids with laterally compressed whorls; shells expanding moderately to fairly rapidly with a tendency to uncoil at maturity. Juvenile forms are somewhat cyrtoconic. The apical end forms a hook. Aipoceras has been found in Lower Mississippian strata in the U.S.

References

• Bernard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
• Aipoceras in Fossilworks

Wikidata ☰ Q19595842 entry