Triboloceras
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Triboloceras is the name given to an extinct nautiloid genus from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian), included in the nautilid family Trigonoceratidae
characterized by an evolute shell bearing longitudinal ribs, with whorls in contact except in the early and very latest growth stages. Chambers are short, sutures tend for form ventral and in some cases dorsal and lateral lobes. The siphuncle is small, tubular, and subcentral. (Kummel 1964)
Triboloceras is a junior synomym for the previously named Vestinautilus and is generally no longer used.
Trigonoceratidae
The Trigonoceratidae is a family of coiled nautiloid cephalopods that lived during the period from the Early Carboniferous to the Early Permian.-Diagnosis:...
characterized by an evolute shell bearing longitudinal ribs, with whorls in contact except in the early and very latest growth stages. Chambers are short, sutures tend for form ventral and in some cases dorsal and lateral lobes. The siphuncle is small, tubular, and subcentral. (Kummel 1964)
Triboloceras is a junior synomym for the previously named Vestinautilus and is generally no longer used.