| Anoploceras Temporal range: Middle Triassic– Upper Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Family: | †Tainoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Anoploceras Hyatt in Zittel, 1900 |
Anoploceras is a genus of Middle and Upper Triassic nautiloids 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)
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