Paradakeoceras
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Paradakeoceras is a genus of early Ordovician cephalopods belonging to the nautiloid order Ellesmerocerida.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Ellesmerocerida |
| Family: | †Ellesmeroceratidae |
| Genus: | †Paradakeoceras Flower, 1964 |
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Morphology
The shell of Paradakeoceras is an expanding endogastric cyrtocone[1] with the siphuncle situated near the shell's concave margin.[2] A raised ring exists at the base of the body chamber, which is often preserved as a mould.[2]
Paradakeoceras was named by Flower, 1964,[1] for species previously included in Dakeoceras in which the cross section is broadened with consequent loss of lateral lobes in the suture.
Paradakeoceras shows a flattening of the venter which distinguishes it from Quebecoceras and has a reduction in the rate of expansion similar to that of Dakeoceras.
