Projovellania
Projovellania is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod belonging to the oncocerid family Jovellaniidae found in mid Silurian sediments in Europe. The shell is a longiconic cyrtocone, like that of Jovellania or Mixosiphonoceras, except for being compressed rather than depressed.
| Projovellania Temporal range: M Silurian | |
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| Genus: | Projovellania Hyatt in Zillel,1900 |
References
- Sweet W.C. 1964. Nautiloidea-Oncocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press. Teichert & Moore, (eds)
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