Macrodomoceras
| Macrodomoceras Temporal range: Middle Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Oncocerida |
| Family: | Polyelasmoceratidae |
| Genus: | Macrodomoceras Teichert & Glenister, 1952 |
Macrodomoceras is an oncocerid genus, family Polyelasmoceratidae, from the Middle Devonian of Australia.
The shell of Macrodomoceras is a compressed, endogastric cyrtocone, i.e section higher than wide and curved with the ventral side concave, with a subtriangular cross section. The siphuncle is ventral, marginal, with continuous actinosiphonate lamellae.
Macrodomoceras resembles Danaoceras in its subtriangular cross section, but its sutures have bluntly pointed ventral saddles.
References
- Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea - Oncocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.
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