Uranoceratidae

Uranoceratidae Temporal range: ?Late Ord - Mid Sil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Tarphycerida
Suborder:	Barrandeocerina
Family:	Uranoceratidae Hyatt in Zittel, 1900
Genera
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The Uranoceratidae is a family of Silurian barrandeoceroids that tend to become uncoiled with age and in which siphuncle segments tend to be expanded into the camerae.

Shells of uranoceratids are . Early stages of a few species are annulated. Later stages of all are smooth or faintly or cancellated. In many, septal necks are straight, but in others recumbent on one side or the other. Connecting rings are thin.

The Uranoceratidae are derived from Bickmorites. Genera include:

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