Peismoceras
| Peismoceras Temporal range: Silurian | |
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| Peismoceras optatum from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Tarphycerida |
| Family: | Lechritrochoceratidae |
| Genus: | Peismoceras Hyatt 1894 |
Peismoceras is a genus of fossil Cephalopoda in the family Lechritrochoceratidae.
These nautiloids were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian Period, from Late Wenlock age (from 428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to Přídolí Age (from 418.7 ± 1.5 to 416 ± 2.8 mya).
Species
- Peismoceras amicum (Barrande)†
- Peismoceras optatum (Barrande)†
- Peismoceras pulchrum†
Fossil of Peismoceras, an extinct cephalopod at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
References
- Biolib
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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