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Gangshanoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Orthocerida

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Nautiloidea

Family
  
Proteoceratidae

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Gangshanoceras is a fossil nautiloid cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae. It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 478.5 to 468 Ma in China, and from rocks dated slightly younger, about 468 to 461 Ma in Argentina. Six species are known. The type is Gangshanoceras jurongense.

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Gangshanoceras Wikipedia