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Orthoconic nautiloid cephalopod genera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. H. Holland
C. H. Holland
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Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Abstract

Use of the nautiloid cephalopod generic names Orthoceras and Michelinoceras is briefly reviewed. Two new genera, Imbricatoceras (upper Ordovician-Silurian) and Radnoroceras (Wenlock-Ludlow), are proposed for common taxa with distinctive ornamentation.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 129 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 123 - 124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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