Polyelasmoceras
| Polyelasmoceras Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Family: | †Polyelasmoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Polyelasmoceras Teichert and Glenister. 1952 |
Polyelasmoceras is an extinct genus of nautiloid from the Early Devonian, between 408 and 393 million years ago.[1] The holotype specimen is held by Museums Victoria and was collected near Murrindal in Victoria.[2]
There is a single species, Polyelasmoceras aduncum.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Teichert, Curt; Glenister, Brian F. (1952). "Fossil Nautiloid Faunas from Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 26 (5): 730–752. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1299872.
- ^ "Polyelasmoceras aduncum Glenister; Teichert, 1952". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Polyelasmoceras". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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