Leurocycloceras
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| Leurocycloceras Temporal range: Silurian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Orthocerida |
| Genus: | †Leurocycloceras |
Leurocycloceras is an extinct genus of actively mobile carnivorous cephalopod, essentially a nautiloid, that lived in what would be North America, Europe, and Asia during the Silurian from 443.7—418.7 mya, existing for approximately 25 million years.[1]
Leurocycloceras was assigned to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).[2]
