- Diestoceratidae
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Diestoceratidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Nautiloidea Order: Oncocerida Family: Diestoceratidae
Foeste, 1926Genera See text.
The Diestoceratidae comprizes a family in the nautiloid cephalopod order Oncocerida with compressed, straight to faintly endogastic breviconic shells with a marginal siphuncle that contains discrete, irregular actinosphonate deposits.
The Diestoceratidae contains five known genera. They are:
- Diestoceras
- Danoceras
- Dowlingoceras
- Lockholmoceras
- Suttonoceras
References
- Diestoceratidae -Paleobio db
- Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocera. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc. of America & Univ Kansas Press.
Categories:- Nautiloids
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