Lavaloceras

Lavaloceras is a genus of middle Ordivician discosorids included in the Westonoceratidae. The shell as nearly straight, with a slight exogastic curvature, and is rather short, breviconic.

Lavaloceras
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Discosorida
Family:
Westonoceratidae
Genus:
Lavaloceras

Flower, 1952

According to Teichert, 1964, Lavaloceras is more closely related to Westonoceras and Winnipegoceras than to Faberoceras which is thought to have given rise to the Lowoceratidae

References
    • Curt Teichert, 1964. Nautiloidea - Discosorida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.
    • Fossilworks Lavaloceras


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