Edaphoceras

Edaphoceras
Temporal range: Mississippian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Nautilida
Family: Koninckioceratidae
Genus: Edaphoceras
Hyatt, 1884

Edaphoceras is koninckioceratid genus and nautilid from the Mississippian of North America, named by Hyatt, 1884, with depressed whorls just in contact. The shell, as typical for the family, is evolute; whorl section is fusiform with broadly rounded venter and dorsum meeting at a narrow angle on either side. Its suture has a distinct ventral and dorsal lobe and an angular lateral saddle. The siphuncle is small and near central.

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