Inversoceras
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| Genus: | Inversoceras Hedstroem 1917
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Inversoceras is a genus of cephalopods in the order Oncocerida and the 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
[edit]Silurian of Sweden, United States (Wisconsin).
Species
[edit]- Inversoceras falciformis (Barrande 1865)
- Inversoceras percurvatum Foerste 1926
- Inversoceras perversum eoperversum Stridsberg 1988
- Inversoceras perversum falciformis (Barrande 1865)
- Inversoceras perversum perversum (Barrande 1865)
See also
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References
[edit]- Biolib
- Global Names
- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- Sven Stridsberg Evolution Within the Silurian Cephalopod Genus Inversoceras
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