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Hesperoceras

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Hesperoceras
Temporal range: L Mississippian
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Michelinoceratinae
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Hesperoceras

Miller & Youngquist, 1947

Hesperoceras is an orthocerid cephalopod belonging to the subfamily Michelinoceratinae which comes from the lower Mississippian of New Mexico.

Hesperoceras has a straight, orthoconic, shell with a subrectangular cross section. The sutures are straight and transverse on the narrow sides but form broad rounded lobes on the wide sides, and the siphuncle is small and central.

References

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  • Miller, A.K. and Youngquist, W. (1947). The discovery and significance of a cephalopod fauna in the Mississippian Caballero Formation of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 21(2):113-117. JSTOR 1299455
  • Sweet, Walter C. (1964). Nautiloidea-Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc of America, and Univ Kansas Press.