Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Superfamily Xenodiscaceae Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Order Ceratitida Family Paraceltitidae | |
Nielsenoceras is a Paraceltitid genus from the lower Upper Permian, known from sediments in west Texas. The genus is distinguished by exceptionally broad prongs of the ventral lobe and by the presence of a shallow groove on the outer flanks.
Paraceltitids (family Paraceltitidae) are ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Late Permian, near the end of the Paleozoic.
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