Saffordoceras
Saffordoceras is an actinoceratid from the Middle Ordovician, found in eastern North America, characterized by a flattened venter; sutures with broad, deep ventral lobes and narrow lateral saddles; and subventral siphuncle with segments decreasing from about 0.3 to less than 0.2 the shell diameter. Saffordoceras is probably derived from Actinoceras. Related contemporary genera include Paractinoceras and Troostoceras
| Saffordoceras | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Actinocerida |
| Family: | †Actinoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Saffordoceras Foerste and Teichert, 1930 |
-References-
- Curt Teichert, 1964. Actinoceratoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc of America and Univ of Kansas Press.
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