Aipoceras
| Aipoceras Temporal range: Early Mississippian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Superfamily: | Aipocerataceae |
| Family: | Aipoceratidae |
| Genus: | Aipoceras Hyatt 1884 |
Aipoceras is a genus of loosely coiled aipoceratid Nautiloids with laterally compressed whorls; shells expanding moderately to fairly rapidly with a tendency to uncoil at maturity. Juvenile forms are somewhat cyrtoconic. The apical end forms a hook. Aipoceras has been found in Lower Mississippian strata in the U.S.
References
- Bernard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
- Aipoceras in Fossilworks
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