Castelloceras is an extinct genus of actively mobile carnivorous cephalopod of the family Baltoceratidae that lived in what would be Europe during the Ordovician from 468—443.7 mya, existing for approximately 24.3 million years.[1]

Castelloceras
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Early Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Orthocerida
Family: Baltoceratidae
Genus: Castelloceras
Eichwald (1860)

Taxonomy

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Castelloceras was named by Evans (2005). Its type is Castelloceras arennigense. It was assigned to Baltoceratidae by Evans (2005).[2]

Sources

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  1. ^ PaleoBiology Database: Castelloceras, basic info
  2. ^ D. H. Evans. 2005. The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 623:1-81
  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward