Biology:Zittelloceras

Zittelloceras Temporal range: M-U Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Oncocerida
Family:	Oncoceratidae
Genus:	Zittelloceras Hyatt (1884)

Zittelloceras is an extinct genus of nautiloids from the order Oncocerida which are among a large group of once diverse and numerous shelled cephalopods, now represented by only a handful of species.

Zittleoceras, which is included in the family Oncoceratidae, is characterized by subcircular or slightly depressed cyrtoconic shells with ventral, suborthochoanitic empty siphuncles; the shell surface typically with crenulated transverse frills or distinct noncrenulated annulations. Zittleoceras has been found in middle and upper Ordovician sediments in North America and Scotland. (Sweet, 1964)

See also

• Nautiloid
  • List of nautiloids

References

• Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K(3), R.C. Moore (ed); Univ. Kans. press.
• Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera.Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA)

Wikidata ☰ Q8072855 entry