Ruthenoceras

Ruthenoceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: Ruthenoceras

Ruthenoceras is a conical Cambrian fossil originally classified as a cephalopod, but which is too poorly preserved for a classification to be upheld.[1] A popular nickname for Ruthenoceras is 'Ruth'.

References

  1. Clarke, M.R.; Trueman, E.R. (1985), "Main features of cephalopod evolution", in Wilbur, Karl M.; Clarke, M.R.; Trueman, E.R., The Mollusca, 12. Paleontology and neontology of Cephalopods, New York: Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-728702-7
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