Litoceras
Extinct genus of nautiloids
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Litoceras is a trocholitid (Tarphycerida) genus that has been found in the Lower and Middle Ordovician of Newfoundland. Whorls in Litoceras have a broadly[clarification needed] rounded cross section with its width greater than its height. Litoceras somewhat resembles the tarphyceratid Pionoceras from the same time, except for the siphuncle[clarification needed] being dorsal and in the center.
| Litoceras Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Tarphycerida |
| Family: | †Trocholitidae |
| Genus: | †Litoceras Hyatt, 1884 |