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Catoraphiceras Ulrich & Foerste 1936
Creators
- 1. Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, PO Box 44, FI- 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
- 2. Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Description
Genus Catoraphiceras Ulrich & Foerste, 1936 Type species
Catoraphiceras lobatum Ulrich & Foerste, 1936; probably from the Powell horizon (late Floian–early Dapingian Stage), Wells Creek basin, northeast of Erin, Tennessee, USA; by original designation.
DiagnosisAnnulated orthocones whose sutures form ventral lobes; cross section is depressed to circular; siphuncles are moderately large (rSD = 0.25–0.35) and somewhat removed from the venter; septal necks are short; connecting rings are thin; some species develop ventral rods and cameral deposits (adopted from Hook & Flower 1977).
RemarksThe genus was previously placed within the Protocycloceratidae.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cyptendoceratidae
- Genus
- Catoraphiceras
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Tetrabranchia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Ulrich & Foerste
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Catoraphiceras Ulrich, 1936 sec. Kröger & Pohle, 2021
References
- Hook S. C. & Flower R. H. 1977. Late Canadian (Zones J, K) cephalopod faunas from southwestern United States. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Memoir 32: 1 - 102.