Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Nautilida Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Nautiloidea Family Rutoceratidae | |
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Similar Goldringia, Gomphoceras, Cyrtoceras, Lituites, Cenoceras | ||
Hercoceras is a genus of trochoidally coiled nautiloid cephalopods placed in the nautilid family Rutoceratidae. These cephalopod lived i in the Eifelian age of the middle Devonian Period, which occurred 398-391 million years ago. Their shells have prominent lateral outgrowths in the form of spines and a high intraspecific variability.
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Systematic
The Paleobiology database places Hercoceras in the family Rutoceratidae in the order Nautilida, but according some authors it should not be considered an early nautilid. They place this genus in family the Hercoceratidae in superfamily Rutoceratoidea in order Oncocerida.
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