Capriocornites
| Capriocornites Temporal range: Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Family: | Rutoceratidae |
| Genus: | Capriocornites Zhuravleva 1974 |
Capriocornites is a rutoceratid genus (Nautiloidea - Cephalopoda) from the Devonian, related to such genera as Rutoceras and Goldringia.
In some taxonomies (Manda & Turek, 2009) the Rutoceratidae are included in the Oncocerida rather than in the Nautilida
References
- Stepan Manda & Voitech Turek, 2009. Revision of the Pagian Rutoceratoidea Hyatt, 1884 (Nautiloidea, Oncocerida) from the Prague Basin. Bulletin of Geosciences 84(1), 127–148 (13 figures). Czech Geological Survey, Prague
- Barnhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- J.J. Sepkoski 2002. List of Cephalopod genera.
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