Cyrtocerinidae

Cyrtocerinidae is a family of ellemerocerids with slightly endogastric (inwardly curved) breviconic shells with ventral siphuncles that have connecting rings thickened as lobes that project straight into the interior.

Cyrtocerinidae
Temporal range: Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Ellesmerocerida
Family:
Cyrtocerinidae

Flower, 1946

Cyrtocerinidae was established by Flower, 1946, (Flower 1964) for the genus Cyrtocerina Billings 1865, found at various locations across North America. The shells are generally small, laterally compressed, and dorsum more narrowly rounded than the venter.

References
    • Rousseau H Flower, 1964. Memoir 12. The Nautiloid Order Ellesmericerida (Cephalopoda). State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.
    • Cyrtocerinidae in PaleoDB


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