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Gaspocyrtoceras

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Gaspocyrtoceras
Temporal range: Middle Silurian
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Gaspocyrtoceras

Foerste, 1936

Gaspocyrtoceras is a genus of orthocerids included in the Paraphragmitidae. Its fossils are limited to North America and have been found in Wisconsin and Quebec.

The shell of Gaspocyrtoceras is a coarsely annularted exogastric cyrtocone. Curvature is upward, the ventral side convex in profile. Annulations slope dorso-ventally to the rear as they do in Calocyrtoceras. Striations on the surface, fine goove-like features, are longitudinal in contrast to the transverse striations of Cyrtocycloceras.

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