{"id":4268,"date":"2014-01-06T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4268"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:10:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:10:49","slug":"pleurorthoceras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/cephalopoda\/orthocerida\/orthoceratidae\/pleurorthoceras\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleurorthoceras<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca<\/a>
\nClass: Cephalopoda<\/a>
\nOrder: Orthocerida<\/a>
\nFamily: Orthoceratidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Pleurorthoceras<\/em> Flower, 1962
\nCincinnatian Species: Pleurorthoceras clarksvillense<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nLate Ordovician <\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nPleurorthoceras<\/em> is an extinct genus of nektonic carnivores<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Slender, gradually expanding<\/li>\n
  • Siphuncle orthochoanitic<\/li>\n
  • Circular in cross section<\/li>\n
  • Mural cameral deposits well developed<\/li>\n
  • Transverse sutures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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