Biology:Diestoceratidae

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Diestoceratidae is a family in the nautiloid cephalopod order Oncocerida with compressed, straight to faintly endogastric breviconic shells with a marginal siphuncle that contains discrete, irregular actinosiphonate deposits.[1][2]

The Diestoceratidae contains five known genera. They are:

  • Diestoceras
  • Danoceras
  • Dowlingoceras
  • Lyckholmoceras
  • Suttonoceras

References

  • Diestoceratidae -Paleobio db
  • Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocera. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc. of America & Univ Kansas Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q5275040 entry