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Kadaroceras

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Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Nautiloidea
Order:†Discosorida
Kadaroceras
Temporal range: Devonian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Discosorida
Genus: †Kadaroceras
Zhuravleva, 1972

Kadaroceras is a genus of discosorids from the Devonian, named by Zhuravleva, 1972, possibly a member of the Discosoridae. Discosorids are nautiloid cephalopods generally characterized by inflated siphuncle segments that expand into the chambers and by connecting rings that vary in composition along their length.

Karadzharoceras and Katageioceras are related genera.

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