Temperoceras
| Temperoceras Temporal range: Ordovician - Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Orthocerida |
| Family: | Geisonoceratidae |
| Genus: | Temperoceras Barskov, 1960 |
Temperoceras is an orthoconic nautiloid cephalopod named by Barskov in 1960 that lived in what is now north Africa, Europe, and Asia during the early Paleozoic.
Taxonomy
Temperoceras is included in the orthocerid family Geisonoceratidae[1] the type is Orthoceras ludense
Morphology
Temperoceras has an orthoconic shell with a tubular siphuncle that contains annular deposits that are restricted to or begin at the septal openings.
Distribution
Temperoceras has been found in sediments ranging in age from Ordovician to Devonian in north Africa, southern Europe, and China.
References
- ↑ Sweet, W.C. 1964. Nautiloidea- Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol. Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
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