Aipoceras is a genus of loosely coiled aipoceratid nautiloids with laterally compressed whorls; shells expanding moderately to fairly rapidly with a tendency to uncoil at maturity. Juvenile forms are somewhat cyrtoconic. The apical end forms a hook. Aipoceras has been found in Lower Mississippian strata in the U.S.
| Aipoceras Temporal range: Early Mississippian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Family: | †Aipoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Aipoceras Hyatt, 1884 |
References edit
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (March 2015) |
- Bernard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea - Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America.
- Aipoceras in Fossilworks
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