Valhalloceras
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Valhalloceras is a genus of nautiloid cephalopods found only in upper Lower Ordovician, Arenigian, carbonates on Svalbard Island and Jan Mayen Island. The type and only species so far named is Valhalloceras floweri Evans and King 1990.
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| Family: | Phthanoncoceratidae |
| Genus: | Valhalloceras Evans & King, 1990 |
| Species: | V. floweri |
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| Valhalloceras floweri Evans & King, 1990 | |
Valhalloceras is assigned to the Oncocerida, it and the related genus Phthanoncoceras are united in the family Phthanoncoceratidae.
References
- Valhalloceras floweri in Fossilworks, 16 Oct 2014
- Jack Sepkoski, 2000. List of cephalopod genera
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