''Sinclairoceras'' is a nautiloid cephalopod in the discosorid family

Westonoceratidae Westonoceratidae are exogastric, mostly compressed, Discosorida of moderate size from the Middle Ordovician to the Lower Silurian. The siphuncle is typically close to the convexly curved outer margin of the phragmocone – the chambered part o ...

from the Middle Ordovician Simard Limestone of

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. The shell is laterally compressed, upwardly curved, and short; an exogastric brevicone with the venter narrowly and dorsum broadly rounded. The dorsum, at the upper surface, is only slightly concave longitudinally. The venter, at the lower surface, is more strongly convex longitudinally, drawing away from the dorsum and forming a hump at the anterior end of the phragmocone where ''Sinclairoceras'' reaches its greatest width. The upper and lower sides of the body chamber are essentially straight and virtually parallel, flaring slightly at the aperture. The sides however converge on the aperture which is laterally narrowed, flaring just before. The siphuncle is near the venter. Segments are broadly expanded and broadly rounded, differing from the more narrow segments of '' Simardoceras'' but similar in outline to those of '' Reedsoceras''. ''Sinclairoceras'' differs from the overall similar '' Westonoceras'' in being shorter and less markedly swollen at the mature end of the phragmocone. It is found associated with ''Simardoceras'' and ''Reedsoceras'' with which it may be closely related.

References

* Flower, R.H.and Curt Teichert 1957. The Cephalopod Order Discosorida. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Mollusca, Article 6. July 1957 * Teichert, C 1964. Nautiloidea -Discosorida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K. Geological Soc of America and Univ. Kansas Press {{Taxonbar, from=Q7522070 Ordovician cephalopods of North America Discosorida Ordovician cephalopods Paleozoic life of Quebec