Capricornites Explained
Capricornites is a genus of rutoceratids (Nautiloidea - Cephalopoda) from the Devonian, related to such genera as Rutoceras and Goldringia.
In some taxonomies (Manda & Turek, 2009) the Rutoceratidae are included in the Oncocerida rather than in the Nautilida
The name has been mis-spelt as Capriocornites in some tabulations.
References
- Stepan Manda & Voitech Turek, 2009. Revision of the Pagian Rutoceratoidea Hyatt, 1884 (Nautiloidea, Oncocerida) from the Prague Basin. Bulletin of Geosciences 84(1), 127–148 (13 figures). Czech Geological Survey, Prague http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/fulltext/bullgeosci841_1118.pdf
- Barnhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Zhuravleva, I.T.. 1974. Devonian nautiloids. Orders Oncoceratida, Tarphyceratida, Nautilida.. Proceedings of the Paleontological Institute of the USSR Academy of Science. 142. 5–142.
- J.J. Sepkoski 2002. List of Cephalopod genera. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class