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Paleoceras

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Extinct genus of molluscs

Paleoceras
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Ellesmerocerida
Family: Ellesmeroceratidae
Genus: Paleoceras
Flower, 1954

Paleoceras is a genus of fossil cephalopods from the Upper Cambrian.

References

  1. Yochelson, E. L.; Flower, R. H.; Webers, G. F. (1973), "The bearing of the new Late Cambrian monoplacophoran genus Knightoconus upon the origin of the Cephalopoda", Lethaia, 6 (3): 275–309, Bibcode:1973Letha...6..275Y, doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1973.tb01199.x
  2. Chen, J. Y.; Teichert, C. (1983). "Cambrian cephalopods". Geology. 11 (11): 647–650. Bibcode:1983Geo....11..647J. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1983)11<647:CC>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0091-7613.


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