Capriocornites is a genus of rutoceratids (Nautiloidea - Cephalopoda) from the Devonian, related to such genera as Rutoceras and Goldringia.
Capricornites Temporal range: Devonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | Nautilida |
Family: | †Rutoceratidae |
Genus: | †Capricornites Zhuravleva, 1974 |
In some taxonomies (Manda & Turek, 2009) the Rutoceratidae are included in the Oncocerida rather than in the Nautilida
References
- Stepan Manda & Voitech Turek, 2009. Revision of the Pagian Rutoceratoidea Hyatt, 1884 (Nautiloidea, Oncocerida) from the Prague Basin. Bulletin of Geosciences 84(1), 127–148 (13 figures). Czech Geological Survey, Prague [1]
- Barnhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- J.J. Sepkoski 2002. List of Cephalopod genera. [2]
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