Temperoceras
| Temperoceras Temporal range: Ordovician - Devonian
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| Genus: | Temperoceras Barskov, 1960
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Temperoceras is a genus of orthoconic nautiloid cephalopods named by 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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