Tarphyceras
Extinct genus of molluscs
title: "Tarphyceras" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tarphycerida", "prehistoric-nautiloid-genera", "paleozoic-life-of-newfoundland-and-labrador", "paleozoic-life-of-quebec"] description: "Extinct genus of molluscs" topic_path: "general/tarphycerida" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarphyceras" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of molluscs ::
| fossil_range = L Ordovician | image = | taxon = Tarphyceras | authority = Hyatt, 1894
Tarphyceras is a genus of tarphyceratid with whorls rounded in cross section, having a deeply impressed dorsum and a ventral to subcentral siphuncle, known from the Lower Ord (U Canad) of North America. It differs from Campbelloceras in that Campbelloceras is only slightly impressed, from Centrotarphyceras in that Centrotarphyceras is subquadrate and has a central siphuncle, and from Trocholites in that although Trocholites is subcircular in cross section, the siphuncle is subdorsal.
Taphyceras may be derived from Campbelloceras through development of tighter coiling and a deeper impression along with a smaller siphuncle that may be further offset from the venter.
Tarphyceras was named by Hyatt in 1894.
References
- Furnish and Glenister 1964,Nautiloidea - Tarphycerida, K354, in The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Vol K; Teichert and Moore, (eds) GSA and U of Kansas Press,1964
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