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Lorieroceras

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Lorieroceras
Temporal range: Lochkovian-Pragian
Reconstruction of L. lorieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Nothoceratidae
Genus: Lorieroceras
Foeste, 1926
Species:
L. lorieri
Binomial name
Lorieroceras lorieri
(Barrande, 1870)
Synonyms

Trochoceras lorieri Barrande, 1870

Lorieroceras lorieri is an extinct oncocerid nautilitoidean cephalopod belonging to the family Nothoceratidae. Fossils are found in Lower Devonian marine strata of France. Its shell is unusual among nautiloids in that it is a loosely coiled, turban-shaped helix that is sinistrally coiled.

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