Peismoceras
{{Short description|Genus of nautiloids}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|428|416|Silurian}}
| image = Lechritrochoceratidae - Peismoceras optatum.JPG
| image_caption = Peismoceras optatum from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
| taxon = Peismoceras
| authority = Hyatt, 1894
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
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†
File:Peismoceras interstiale.jpg |Fossil of Peismoceras, an extinct cephalopod at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
References
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- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id133831/ Biolib]
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13383 Paleobiology Database]
- Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=183&rank=phylum Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]
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