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''Tetragonoceras'' is an extinct prehistoric nautiloid genus from the nautilid family Tetragonoceratidae that lived during the Middle Devonian, found in Canada. ''Tetragonoceras'' has an openly spiralled, gyroconic shell with an almost square cross section, but with the venter on the outer rim broader than the dorsum on the inner. The sides are flattish and converge slightly on the dorsum and the ventro-lateral shoulders are angular. The suture of ''Tetragonoceras'' has slight lateral and ventral lobes separated by subangular saddles. The siphuncle is ventral and tubular. ( 1964.). A member of the Tetragonoceratidae, ''Tetragonoceras'' is also a component of the superfamily Tainocerataceae. ==References== * , B. 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida ''in the'' Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. * Sepkoski, J.J. Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. D.J. Jablonski & M.L. Foote (eds.). ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' 363: 1–560. () * ''Tetragonoceras'' in Paleobiology Database () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tetragonoceras」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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