Strophiceras

{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = M Devonian | image = | taxon = Strophiceras | authority = Hyatt (1844) }}

'''''Strophiceras''''' is an extinct genus of cephalopods from the Order Nautilida, which includes, in a separate family, ''Nautilus'' and ''Allonautilus''.

''Strophioceras'', a gyrogonic form that comes from the Middle Devonian of Europe and named by Hyatt in 1844 is part of the Trigonoceratacean family Centroceratidae which was extant from the Devonian to the Early Permian. ({{Not a typo|Kummel}} 1954. Flower 1950)

==Description== {{Main|Centroceratidae}}

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology|Marine life}} * Nautiloidea * Nautilida ** List of nautiloids

==References== {{Reflist}} * Flower ''and Kummel'' 1950. A Classification of the Nautiloidea; Jour Paleontology, 24(5), 606–616, Nov 1950. * {{Not a typo|Kummel}}, B. 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K, Mollusca 3; R.C. Moore (ed), Univ. Kans. press. * Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' '''363''': 1–560. [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (CEPHALOPODA)]

Category:Prehistoric nautiloid genera