Cyrtoceras
Extinct genus of nautiloid
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Cyrtoceras is an dubious extinct genus of oncoceridan nautiloids that was used for fossils from the middle Ordovician to the middle Devonian, in Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
| Cyrtoceras Temporal range: [dead link] | |
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| Digital life restoration of "Cyrtoceras sp" | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Genus: | †Cyrtoceras Conrad, 1838 |
As for 1964, this genus is no longer considered as valid, as it has not been correctly established.[2][3]