Lavaloceras is a genus of middle Ordivician discosorids included in the Westonoceratidae. The shell as nearly straight, with a slight exogastic curvature, and is rather short, breviconic.
| Lavaloceras Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
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| Genus: | Lavaloceras Flower, 1952
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According to Teichert, 1964, Lavaloceras is more closely related to Westonoceras and Winnipegoceras than to Faberoceras which is thought to have given rise to the Lowoceratidae
References
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- Curt Teichert, 1964. Nautiloidea - Discosorida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.
- Fossilworks Lavaloceras
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