Inversoceras
| Inversoceras Temporal range: Silurian | |
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| Inversoceras perversum, Barrande from Prague Zadní Kopanina (Czech Republic) at the National Museum (Prague) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Oncocerida |
| Family: | Trimeroceratidae |
| Genus: | Inversoceras Hedstroem 1917 |
Inversoceras is a genus in the order Oncocerida family Trimeroceratidae. These mollusks were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian period, from the Lower Wenlock age (428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to the Ludlow age (422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 mya).
Distribution
Silurian of Sweden, United States (Wisconsin).
Species
- Inversoceras falciformis (Barrande 1865)
- Inversoceras percurvatum Foerste 1926
- Inversoceras perversum eoperversum Stridsberg 1988
- Inversoceras perversum falciformis (Barrande 1865)
- Inversoceras perversum perversum (Barrande 1865)
References
- Biolib
- Global Names
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- Sven Stridsberg Evolution Within the Silurian Cephalopod Genus Inversoceras
See also
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