Antarcticeras
Extinct genus of enigmatic cephalopod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antarcticeras is an extinct genus of enigmatic cephalopod from the Eocene of Antarctica. It contains a single species, A. nordenskjoeldi. It is either considered the last of the "orthocone"-type cephalopods, the only member of its subclass Paracoleoidea & a descendant of the orthoceratids, and a remarkable example of convergent evolution with coleoid cephalopods, or an oegospid squid and a transitional form in the development of the modern squid gladius, of which it is the only preserved example.[1][2]
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Antarcticeras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Antarcticeras Doguzhaeva, Bengtson, Reguero and Mörs, 2017 |
Species: | A. nordenskjoeldi |
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Antarcticeras nordenskjoeldi Doguzhaeva, Bengtson, Reguero and Mörs, 2017 | |
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It is named after Swedish geologist and Antarctic explorer Otto Nordenskjöld.[1]