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Maccoyoceras

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Maccoyoceras
Temporal range: Mississippian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Trigonoceratidae
Genus: Maccoyoceras
Miller, Dunbar, & Condra, 1933

Maccoyoceras is a genus of nautilids included in the family Trigonoceratidae from the Mississippian of North America (Michigan) and Europe.

The shell of Maccoyocerasis evolute, volutions only slightly impressed, whorl section hexagonal. Venter flattened, flanks converging, umbilical shoulder prominent. Siphuncle slender, ventral of whorl center.

References

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  • Barnhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleongology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.