Biology:Cyrtoceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of nautiloid
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Genus: | †Cyrtoceras Conrad, 1838 |
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| †Cyrtoceras minneapolis Whiteaves, 1890
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Cyrtoceras is an extinct genus of oncoceridan nautiloids that lived from the middle Ordovician to the middle Devonian, in Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
References
- ↑ "Cyrtoceras". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/8429964.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
- Fossils (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) by Frank H. T. Rhodes, Paul R. Shaffer, Herbert S. Zim, and Raymond Perlman
- Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis
External links
- Cyrtoceras in the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q135448 entry
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