Diestoceratidae Explained

Diestoceratidae is a family in the nautiloid cephalopod order Oncocerida with compressed, straight to faintly endogastic breviconic shells with a marginal siphuncle that contains discrete, irregular actinosphonate deposits.^{[1] [2]}

The Diestoceratidae contains five known genera. They are:

• Diestoceras
• Danoceras
• Dowlingoceras
• Lyckholmoceras
• Suttonoceras

External links

• Diestoceratidae -Paleobio db
• Sweet, Walter C. 1964. Nautiloidea -Oncocera. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Soc. of America & Univ Kansas Press.

Notes and References

1. Book: Irish Journal of Earth Sciences . 1994 . Royal Irish Academy . 24 . en.
2. Book: University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Article . 1969 . University of Kansas Paleontological Institute . 141 . en.