Biology:Mericoceras

Short description: Extinct genus of nautiloids

Mericoceras Temporal range: Silurian(?) -Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Nautiloidea
Order:	Orthocerida
Genus:	Mericoceras

Mericoceras is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod that lived during the Late Devonian and possible as early as the Silurian.

Taxonomy

Mericoceras is included in the Orthocerida, an order of cephalopods.

Fossil distribution

Fossil distribution is exclusive to Sardinia, Wisconsin USA, and northern Ontario, Canada.

References

• Mericoceras entry on the Paleobiology Database 7/9/12
• Jack Sepkoski's lists of Cephalopod genera [1]
• Walter C. Sweet, 1964. Nautiloidea-Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q6819226 entry