Pleurorthoceras Flower, 1962

Kröger, Björn, 2013, The cephalopods of the Boda Limestone, Late Ordovician, of Dalarna, Sweden, European Journal of Taxonomy 41, pp. 1-110 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2013.41
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3815080
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scientific name	Pleurorthoceras Flower, 1962
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Genus Pleurorthoceras Flower, 1962

Type species

Orthoceras clarksvillense Foerste, 1924 from the Waynesville Formation, latest Katian of Clarksville, Ohio, USA.

Diagnosis

Slender, gradually expanding, smooth orthocones; circular in cross section with straight, transverse sutures; chamber distance between one-third to one half of the corresponding conch diameter, siphuncle subcentral to central; siphuncular segments subtubular, slightly expanded within chambers; septal necks short, suborthochoanitic; endosiphuncular deposits unknown; mural cameral deposits well developed. (Adopted from Flower 1962.)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Cephalopoda
Order	Orthocerida
SubOrder	Orthoceratina
Family	Orthoceratidae

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