Biology:Wadeoceras

Wadeoceras Temporal range: Middle Silurian - Late Devonian 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:	†Oncocerida
Family:	†Polyelasmoceratidae
Genus:	†Wadeoceras Teichert, 1939

Wadeoceras is a genus of nautiloids included in the Polyelasmoceratidae, a family of oncocerids living from the Middle Silurian to the Late Devonian.

The phragmocone of Wadeoceras is cyrtoconic (curved) and the living chamber, more orthoconic (straight).

References

• Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocerida, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 3. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q18395965 entry