Triendoceras
| Triendoceras Temporal range: L Ordovician U Canad | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Endocerida |
| Family: | Endoceratidae |
| Genus: | Triendoceras Flower, 1958 |
Triendoceras is a fairly large endocerid named by Flower (1958), included in the Endoceratidae by Teichert (1964), characterized by a holochoanitic ventral siphuncle in which the cross section through the endocones has an opening in the shape of an isosceles triangle with a sharp apex (corner) pointing down. Triendocers is found in the upper Lower Ordovician of Quebec and New York in North America and possibly in Ohio, and in eastern Europe. The type species is T. montrealense.
References
- Flower, R. H 1958, Some Chazyan and Mohawkian Endoceratida, Jour Paleon V 32, No 2, pp 433-458, May 1858
- Teichert, Curt 1964. Endoceratoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K Mollusca 3; Geol Soc of America and University of Kansas Press
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