Saffordoceras

Saffordoceras
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Actinocerida
Family: †Actinoceratidae
Genus: †Saffordoceras
Foerste and Teichert, 1930

Saffordoceras is an actinoceratid from the Middle Ordovician, found in eastern North America, characterized by a flattened venter; sutures with broad, deep ventral lobes and narrow lateral saddles; and subventral siphuncle with segments decreasing from about 0.3 to less than 0.2 the shell diameter. Saffordoceras is probably derived from Actinoceras. Related contemporary genera include Paractinoceras and Troostoceras

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