Treptoceras

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Subclass Nautiloid		Family Proteoceratidae Order Orthocerida

Genus TreptocerasFlower 1942 Similar Nautiloid, Orthocerida, Orthocone, Michelinoceras, Rafinesquina

Treptoceras is a fossil nautiloid cephalopod genus included in the orthocerid family Proteoceratidae.

Fossil record

It has been found in Ordovician rocks dated from about 460.9 to 445.6 Ma in South Korea and United States.

†Treptoceras cincinnatiensis Miller 1875

†Treptoceras duseri Hall and Whitfield 1875

†Treptoceras fosteri Miller 1875

†Treptoceras transversum Miller 1875

†Treptoceras yokoyamai Kobayashi 1927

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