Faberoceras
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Faberoceras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | †Discosorida |
Family: | †Westonoceratidae |
Genus: | †Faberoceras Flower, 1946 |
Faberoceras is an extinct genus of prehistoric nautiloid. The nautiloids are a subclass of shelled cephalopods that were once diverse and numerous but are now represented by only a handful of species.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.
- Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA)