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| Kayoceras Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Discosorida |
| Family: | †Discosoridae |
| Genus: | †Kayoceras Foerste, 1934 |
Kayoceras is a genus of middle Silurian nautiloid cephalopods, known from Iowa and Illinois, belonging to the Discosoridae. Related genera include Discosorus, Endodiscosorus, and Stokesoceras. Kayoceras has a short, breviconic shell, like Discosorus, but with a more central siphuncle. Derivation is probably from Discosorus, through an evolutionary shifting of the siphuncle position, which has its origin in the Lowoceratidae, possibly through Tuyloceras.
References
[edit]- Curt Teichert, 1964. Nautiloidea -Discosorida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Kayoceras, Paleobiology database.
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