Cameroceras Conrad 1842
- Dataset
- The cephalopods of the Boda Limestone, Late Ordovician, of Dalarna, Sweden
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Cephalopoda
- order
- Endocerida
- family
- Endoceratidae
- genus
- Cameroceras
diagnosis
Diagnosis Slender, large orthocones with circular or somewhat depressed cross section; sutures simple and straight, or with very slight ventral lobe; siphuncle up to 0.5 of corresponding conch cross section in diameter; mostly marginally positioned; septal necks holochoanitic; endocones simple; endosiphuncular tube narrow, situated in half of siphuncle that is closer to conch margin. (Adopted from Teichert, 1964.)
type_taxon
Type species Cameroceras trentonense Conrad, 1842, Middleville, New York, USA, Trenton Limestone, late Katian; by original designation.