Wadeoceras
| Wadeoceras Temporal range:
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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: | †Wadeoceras Teichert, 1939 |
Wadeoceras is a genus of nautiloids included in the Polyelasmoceratidae, a family of oncocerids living from the Middle Silurian to the Late Devonian.
The phragmocone of Wadeoceras is cyrtoconic (curved) and the living chamber, more orthoconic (straight).
References
[edit]- Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocerida, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 3. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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