Valhalloceras is a genus of nautiloid cephalopods found only in upper Lower Ordovician, Arenigian, carbonates on Svalbard Island and Jan Mayen Island. The type and only species so far named is Valhalloceras floweri Evans and King 1990.
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| Genus: | Valhalloceras Evans & King, 1990
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| Species: | V. floweri
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Valhalloceras is assigned to the Oncocerida, it and the related genus Phthanoncoceras are united in the family Phthanoncoceratidae.
References
editThis article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (October 2014) |
- Valhalloceras floweri in Fossilworks, 16 Oct 2014
- Jack Sepkoski, 2000. List of cephalopod genera
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