Anoploceras

Anoploceras Temporal range: Middle Triassic– Upper Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Nautilida
Family:	†Tainoceratidae
Genus:	†Anoploceras Hyatt in Zittel, 1900

Anoploceras is a Middle and Upper Triassic nautiloid included in the Tainoceratidae, known from eastern Europe. The shell is evolute with only a slight overlap of previous whorls. Whorl section is subquadrate, like Pleuronautilus, only depressed. Flanks have conspicuous ribs that may be somewhat sinuous.

Holconautilus has a more rounded venter, and flanks, and is more evolute. Enoploceras has weaker ribs that expand into nodes on the umbilical and ventro-lateral shoulders, and a small umbilical perforation. Encoiloceras has strong ribbing, a large umbilical perforation, and a shallow groove along the venter.

References

• Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas press. Teichert and Moore (eds)