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Eutrephoceras
Extinct genus of molluscs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eutrephoceras is an extinct genus of nautilus from the Late Jurassic to the Miocene (around 161 to 5 million years ago). They are characterized by a highly rounded involute shell with slightly sinuous suture patterns.
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Eutrephoceras | |
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Fossil in Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
Order: | Nautilida |
Family: | Nautilidae |
Genus: | †Eutrephoceras Hyatt, 1894 |
Type species | |
Nautilus dekayi Morton 1834 | |
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