Macrodomoceras
Appearance
Macrodomoceras Temporal range: Middle Devonian
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Genus: | Macrodomoceras Teichert & Glenister, 1952
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Macrodomoceras is an oncocerid genus, family Polyelasmoceratidae, from the Middle Devonian of Australia.
The shell of Macrodomoceras is a compressed, endogastric cyrtocone, i.e section higher than wide and curved with the ventral side concave, with a subtriangular cross section. The siphuncle is ventral, marginal, with continuous actinosiphonate lamellae.
Macrodomoceras resembles Danaoceras in its subtriangular cross section, but its sutures have bluntly pointed ventral saddles.
References
- Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea - Oncocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.