Cameroceras

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phylum Mollusca Cameroceras is a genus of extinct, giant orthoconic cephalopods that lived during the Ordovician period from 470 to 460 million years ago. Length may have been 10 meters, with tentacles 1 m long. It was an apex predator of fish and arthropods. Fossils have been found in the United States and China.

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class Cephalopoda
subclass Nautiloidea
order † Endocerida
family Endoceratidae
genus Cameroceras
species C. trentonense