Tofangoceras

Tofangoceras
Temporal range: middle Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Pseudorthocerida
Family: Stereoplasmoceratidae
Genus: Tofangoceras
Kobayashi, 1927

Tofangoceras is a genus of pseudorthoceroid cephalopods from the Middle Ordovician of the USA (NY) and Asia (S. Manchuria, Korea, and Siberia) belonging to the Stereoplasmoceratidae and similar to Stereoplansmoceras.

The shell of Tofangoceras is long, straight, and faintly annulated, less strongly than for Stereoplasmoceras. The siphuncle is central with moderately expanded, spindle-like segmeents. Aperture unknown.

References

    • Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea - Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K mollusca 3. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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