Trematoceras
Extinct genus of nautiloids
| Trematoceras Temporal range: U Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Orthocerida |
| Superfamily: | Orthocerataceae |
| Family: | Orthoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | Michelinoceratinae |
| Genus: | Trematoceras Eichwald, 1851 |
Trematoceras is an orthoconic nautiloid cephalopod from the Upper Triassic of Europe and Asia named by Eichwald in 1851.
Taxonomy
Trematoceras is included in the Michelinoceratinae, a subfamily of the Orthoceratidae[1]
Morphology
Trematoceras has a slender, subcylindrical shell with a bluntly pointed apex, long chambers, straight transverse sutures, and a smooth or faintly cancellated surface. The siphuncle is central, tubular, and empty; septal necks short, orthochoanitic; connecting rings cylindrical or only faintly expanded. Chambers contain prominent lamellar mural and episeptal deposits.[1]
Distribution
Trematoceras has been found in Upper Triassic sediments in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation.[2]
References
- ^ a b Sweet, W.C. 1964. Nautiloidea- Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol. Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
- ^ Trematoceras -Paleobio db
