Capricornites is a genus of rutoceratids (Nautiloidea - Cephalopoda) from the Devonian, related to such genera as Rutoceras and Goldringia.

Capricornites
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Rutoceratidae
Genus: Capricornites
Zhuravleva, 1974

In some taxonomies (Manda & Turek, 2009) the Rutoceratidae are included in the Oncocerida rather than in the Nautilida

The name has been mis-spelt as Capriocornites in some tabulations.

References

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  • Stepan Manda & Voitech Turek, 2009. Revision of the Pagian Rutoceratoidea Hyatt, 1884 (Nautiloidea, Oncocerida) from the Prague Basin. Bulletin of Geosciences 84(1), 127–148 (13 figures). Czech Geological Survey, Prague [1]
  • Barnhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Zhuravleva, I.T. (1974). "Devonian nautiloids. Orders Oncoceratida, Tarphyceratida, Nautilida". Proceedings of the Paleontological Institute of the USSR Academy of Science. 142: 5–142.
  • J.J. Sepkoski 2002. List of Cephalopod genera. [2]