Clathroceras
Appearance
Clathroceras Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | †Oncocerida |
Family: | †Trimeroceratidae |
Genus: | †Clathroceras Foerste, 1926 |
Species | |
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Clathroceras is an extinct genus of straight oncocerid belonging to the family Trimeroceratidae. It comprises several species, including Clathroceras plicatum[1] and C. sulcatum.[2]
C. plicatum was discovered in Gotland, Sweden, and C. sulcatum in the Czech Republic. The latter was originally classified as part of the distantly-related oncocerid genus Phragmoceras.[2]
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