Labyrinthoceras
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| Genus: | Labyrinthoceras Buckman 1919
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Labyrinthoceras is an extinct cephalopod genus included in the ammonoid family Sphaeroceratidae, a member of the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea, that lived during middle of the Jurassic Period.
Labtrinthoceras is described as large, round-whorled with an open umbilicus; body chamber smooth with a terminal constriction. The chambered phragmocone is finely ribbed. Coiling is eccentric, a character of the family.
References
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- W.J Arkell et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Labyrinthoceras in Fossilworks.
- Jack Sepkoski's List of Cephalopod Genera. [1]
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