''Cotteroceras'' is a genus of proterocameroceratids from the

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of North America and Siberia characterized by a long straight and compressed shell with very short

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e and long body chamber. Sutures are straight and oblique, sloping

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toward the apex. The

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is large but details are unknown.

References

* Teichert, C, 1964. Proterocameroceratidae, pp 166– 170 in the

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Part K. Geol Soc of America and Univ of Kansas Press. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5175598 Prehistoric nautiloid genera Ordovician cephalopods Ordovician cephalopods of North America Fossil taxa described in 1936