- Suecoceras
Taxobox
name = "Suecoceras"
fossil_range =Early Ordovician
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Nautiloid ea
ordo =Endocerida
genus = "Suecoceras""Suecoceras" is an
Early Ordovician Endocerid nautiloid . They are characterised by long straight slender shells with a slightly expanded tip that curves slightly downwards.A typical species, "S. barrande" (Dewitz), whose fossil remains are known from Sweden, has a shell about 15 cm long.
References
*Moore, Raymond C., Lalicker, Cecil G., & Fischer, Alfred G. 1952. "Invertebrate Fossils". McGraw-Hill, New York. Page 355
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