Kadaroceras

Kadaroceras
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Discosorida
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Kadaroceras
Zhuravleva, 1972

Kadaroceras is a discosorid genus from the Devonian, named by Zhuravleva, 1972, possibly a member of the Discosoridae. Discosorids are nautiloid cephalopods generally characterized by inflated siphuncle segments that expand into the chambers and by connecting rings that vary in composition along their length.

Karadzharoceras and Katageioceras are related genera.

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