Boggyoceras

Boggyoceras
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: †Mixosiphonata
Family: †Boggyoceratidae
Mutvei, 2017[1]
Genus: †Boggyoceras
Mutvei, 2017
Species:
†B. centrale
Binomial name
†Boggyoceras centrale
Mutvei, 2017

Boggyoceras is an extinct genus of nautiloids that lived during the Carboniferous. It contains one valid species, Boggyoceras centrale. Its fossils have been found in the Boggy Formation of Oklahoma.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Mutvei, H. (2017). "The new order Mixosiphonata (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) and related taxa; estimations of habitat depth based on shell structure". GFF. 139 (3): 219–232. Bibcode:2017GFF...139..219M. doi:10.1080/11035897.2017.1330278.