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Extinct genus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gangshanoceras is a fossil nautiloid cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae. It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 478.5 to 468 Ma in China, and from rocks dated slightly younger, about 468 to 461 Ma in Argentina. It has five described species. The type is Gangshanoceras jurongense. [2][3]
Gangshanoceras Temporal range: Ordovician | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | †Orthocerida |
Family: | †Proteoceratidae |
Genus: | †Gangshanoceras Zou, 1988 |
Type species | |
Gangshanoceras jurongense Zou, 1988 | |
Species | |
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