Lorieroceras
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''Lorieroceras lorieri'' is an extinct oncocerid nautilitoidean cephalopod belonging to the family Nothoceratidae. Fossils are found in Lower Devonian marine strata of
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. Its shell is unusual among nautiloids in that it is a loosely coiled, turban-shaped helix that is sinistrally coiled.


References

*Sweet, W.C. 1964; Nautiloidea -Oncocerida;
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'' (or ''TIP'') published by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press, is a definitive multi-authored work of some 50 volumes, written by more than 300 paleontologists, and co ...
, Part K ; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas press; Teichert and Moore (eds).
Sepkoski Cephalopod Genera
Prehistoric nautiloid genera Fossil taxa described in 1926 Oncocerida {{paleo-Nautiloidea-stub