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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Category:Prehistoric nautiloid genera

Category:Silurian cephalopods