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Wadeoceras
Temporal range: Middle Silurian - Late Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Polyelasmoceratidae
Genus: Wadeoceras
Teichert, 1939

Wadeoceras is a genus of nautiloids included in the Polyelasmoceratidae, a family of oncocerids living from the Middle Silurian to the Late Devonian.

The phragmocone of Wadeoceras is cyrtoconic (curved) and the living chamber, more orthoconic (straight).

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