Diestoceratidae
| Diestoceratidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Oncocerida |
| Family: | † Foeste, 1926 |
| Genera | |
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Diestoceratidae is a family in the nautiloid cephalopod order Oncocerida with compressed, straight to faintly endogastric breviconic shells with a marginal siphuncle that contains discrete, irregular actinosiphonate deposits.[1][2]
The Diestoceratidae contains five known genera. They are:
- Diestoceras
- Danoceras
- Dowlingoceras
- Lyckholmoceras
- Suttonoceras
References
- ^ Irish Journal of Earth Sciences. Royal Irish Academy. 1994. p. 24.
- ^ University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Article. University of Kansas Paleontological Institute. 1969. p. 141.
External links
- Diestoceratidae -Paleobio db
- Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocera. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc. of America & Univ Kansas Press.