Vericeras
| Vericeras Temporal range: Silurian
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| Genus: | Vericeras Kolebaba, 1977
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| Orthoceras ambigena | |
Vericeras is an extinct genus of nautiloid cephalopod that lived in what would be Europe during the Silurian from 421—418.7 mya, existing for approximately 2.3 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The type species, V. ambigena, was originally described by Joachim Barrande as "Orthoceras ambigena. Vericeras was assigned to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).[2]
Morphology
[edit]The shell is an elongated orthocone with fine, longitudinal ribbing, very similar to the shells of its sister genus, Arionoceras.
Fossil distribution
[edit]Fossil distribution is exclusive to Silurian marine strata in Sardinia.
References
[edit]- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Vericeras, basic info
- ^ J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
