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''Strophiceras'' is an extinct genus of cephalopods from the Order
Nautilida The Nautilida constitute a large and diverse order of generally coiled nautiloid cephalopods that began in the mid Paleozoic and continues to the present with a single family, the Nautilidae which includes two genera, ''Nautilus'' and ''Allonauti ...
, which includes, in a separate family, ''
Nautilus A nautilus (; ) is any of the various species within the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina. It comprises nine living species in two genera, the type genus, ty ...
'' and ''
Allonautilus The genus ''Allonautilus'' contains two species of nautiluses, which have a significantly different Morphology (biology), morphology from those placed in the sister taxon ''Nautilus (genus), Nautilus''. Mitogenome comparisons between ''Allonautil ...
''. ''Strophioceras'', a gyrogonic form that comes from the Middle
Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
of Europe and named by Hyatt in 1844 is part of the Trigonoceratacean family
Centroceratidae The Centroceratidae is the ancestral family of the Trigonoceratoidea and of the equivalent Centroceratina; extinct shelled cephalopods belonging to the order Nautilida Diagnosis The Centroceratidae, which range from the Middle Devonian to the ...
which was extant from the Devonian to the
Early Permian 01 or 01 may refer to: * The year 2001, or any year ending with 01 * The month of January * 1 (number) Music * '01 (Richard Müller album), ''01'' (Richard Müller album), 2001 * 01 (Urban Zakapa album), ''01'' (Urban Zakapa album), 2011 * ''01011 ...
. ( 1954. Flower 1950)


Description


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Nautiloid Nautiloids are a group of cephalopods (Mollusca) which originated in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living ''Nautilus'' and ''Allonautilus''. Fossil nautiloids are diverse and species rich, with over 2,500 recorded species. Th ...
ea *
Nautilida The Nautilida constitute a large and diverse order of generally coiled nautiloid cephalopods that began in the mid Paleozoic and continues to the present with a single family, the Nautilidae which includes two genera, ''Nautilus'' and ''Allonauti ...
**
List of nautiloids This list of nautiloids is a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera that have ever been included in the subclass Nautiloidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now consid ...


References

* Flower ''and Kummel'' 1950. A Classification of the Nautiloidea; Jour Paleontology, 24(5), 606–616, Nov 1950. * , B. 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida;
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ...
Part K, Mollusca 3; R.C. Moore (ed), Univ. Kans. press. * 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)
Prehistoric nautiloid genera {{paleo-Nautiloidea-stub