Polyelasmoceras
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Polyelasmoceras is an extinct genus of nautiloid from the Early Devonian, between 408 and 393 million years ago.[1] The holotype specimen is held by Museums Victoria and was collected near Murrindal in Victoria.[2]
| Polyelasmoceras Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Family: | †Polyelasmoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Polyelasmoceras Teichert and Glenister. 1952 |
There is a single species, Polyelasmoceras aduncum.[3]