Biology:Eotripteroceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of nautiloids
Eotripteroceras Temporal range: M Ordovician
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Subfamily: | Michelinoceratinae
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Genus: | Eotripteroceras Flower, 1943
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Eotripteroceras is a smooth-shelled michelinocerin orthocerid from the middle Ordovician of the state of New York.
The shell of Eotripteroceras is a depressed orthocone with the underside (the venter) flatter than the upper (the dorsum). The siphuncle is below the center -as viewed in horizontal orientation- and is cylindrical in form. Both siphuncle and chambers are empty.
References
- Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea-Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc of America, and Univ Kansas Press.
Wikidata ☰ Q5381979 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eotripteroceras.
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