Mesoceras

Mesoceras
Mesoceras
Temporal range: MSilurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Discosorida
Family: Mesoceratidae
Genus: Mesoceras
Barrande (1877)

Mesoceras is a mid Silurian discosorid from central Europe named by Barrande in 1877, with a short, anteriorly contracted body chamber and an aperture that is a long transverse slit. (Teichert 1964). The cross section is slightly oval with the dorso-ventral dimension slightly less than the lateral. Sutures are straight and transverse, the siphuncle is subcentral.

The relationship of Mesoceras to the other discosorids is unclear (Teichert 1964) but it is most likely derived from the Mandeloceratidae (Flower and Teichert 1957, Teichert 1964), perhaps from Ovacerina

See also

References

  • Flower and Teichert,1957; The Cephalopod Order Discosorida. Mollusca Article 6, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, July 1, 1957
  • Teichert,C. 1964; Nautiloidea - Discosorida, in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part K; Geologocial Society of America and University of Kansas press, 1964.

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