Waagenoceras

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

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| name = Waagenoceras

| fossil_range = Early Permian

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Cephalopoda

| ordo = {{extinct}}Goniatitida

| subordo = {{extinct}}Goniatitina

| superfamilia = {{extinct}}Cyclolobaceae

| familia = {{extinct}}Cyclolobidae

| genus = {{extinct}}Waagenoceras

| genus_authority = Gemmellaro, 1887[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13915 The Paleobiology Database] Accessed on 12/07/08

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Waagenoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods first recorded in the early Permian Period.[http://www.valdosta.edu/~echatela/fossil_pages/fossils_per/i184.html Waagenoceras info] It has been described as a 'fast-moving nektonic carnivore' by the Paleobiology Database.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=144806 Paleobiology Database]

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Canada, mainly in British Columbia, though the overwhelming majority have been found in Texas, United States and others in Mexico. Others have been found in China, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Oman, Russian Federation, and Tunisia.

Species

  • Waagenoceras dieneri
  • Waagenoceras mojsisovicsi
  • Waagenoceras nikitini
  • Waagenoceras obliquum
  • Waagenoceras richardsoni
  • Waagenoceras girtyi
  • Waagenoceras stachei

References