Karadzharoceras

Karadzharoceras
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Discosorida
Family: unknown
Genus: Karadzharoceras
Zhuravleva, 1972

Karadzharoceras is a discosorid genus from the Devonian, named by Zhuravleva, 1972, possibly a member of the Discosoridae. Discosorids are nautiloid cephalopods generally characterized by inflated siphuncle segments that expand into the chambers and by connecting rings that vary in composition along their length. Kadaroceras and Katageioceras are related genera.

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