{"id":4471,"date":"2014-01-09T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=4471"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:01:12","slug":"armenoceras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/cephalopoda\/actinocerida\/armenoceratidae\/armenoceras\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenoceras<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca<\/a>
\nClass: Cephalopoda<\/a>
\nOrder: Actinocerida<\/a>
\nFamily: Armenoceratidae<\/a>
\nGenus: Armenoceras<\/em> Foerste, 1924
\nCincinnatian Species: Armenoceras richmondensis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Late Silurian<\/p>\n

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

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

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  • Straight shell<\/li>\n
  • Siphuncle off center<\/li>\n
  • Endosiphuncular canals well developed, commonly complex<\/li>\n
  • Siphuncle is segmented and abuptly expanded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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