Clarkesvillia
Clarkesvillia Temporal range: U Ordovician | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | Discosorida |
Family: | Westonoceratidae |
Genus: | Clarkesvillia Flower, 1946 |
Clarkesvillia is an Upper Ordovician westonocerid genus the differs from Faberoceras in having a more flattened venter and from the later Glyptodendron in having a more ventrally located siphuncle.
references
- Teichert, C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Discosorida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K Teichert and Moore, eds.
- Clarkesvillia-Paleobiology DB
see also list of nautiloids
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