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Endocerids evolved from the
earlier ellesmerocerids, most
likely from a
genus similar to Pachendoceras. This
ellesmerocerid gave rise to Proendoceras, the...
- cephalopods, and,
among nautiloid cephalopods, is
prevalent among the
ellesmerocerids, endocerids, actinocerids, orthoceratoids, and bactritids. Orthocones...
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genera (e.g. Paleoceras), the
septa are
uniformly spaced. S**** of
ellesmerocerids are
typically smooth and
compressed and vary in form. They may be breviconic...
- ****essment. The recently-named
order Bisonocerida shares traits with
ellesmerocerids and endocerids, and some
studies have
placed it as a
member of Multiceratoidea...
- Cameroceras,
shown feeding on the
tarphycerid Aphetoceras,
while a
quartet of
ellesmerocerid Cyclostomiceras swim by.
Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
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nautiloid cephalopods in the
Order Cyrtocerinida,
previously considered ellesmerocerids.
Members of the
family have
slightly endogastric (inwardly curved)...
- and the
Plectronocerida have been said to be the
ancestors of the
Ellesmerocerids, the
first "true cephalopods". The
Yochelcionellids have
given rise...
- Ordovician, with two genera,
Ectenolites and Clarkoceras.
Ordovician ellesmerocerids in turn
likely gave rise to
several new
nautiloid superorders: Endoceratoidea...
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penetrated by a
narrow tube
which may
contain diaphragms reminiscent of the
Ellesmerocerid ancestor.
Endoceras was
named by Hall in 1847.
Distribution is widespread...
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connecting rings.
Derivation is from the Protocycloceratidae, a
family of
ellesmerocerids,
which differ in
having straight or
concave siphuncle segments, but...
