Trimeroceratidae

Trimeroceratidae
Temporal range: Silurian
Inversoceras perversum, Barrande from Prague Zadní Kopanina (Czech Republic) at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Oncocerida
Family: Trimeroceratidae
Hyatt and Zittel 1900

Trimeroceratidae is a family of molluscs in the order Oncocerida. These molluscs were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian period.

Distribution

Silurian of Canada (Québec), China, Italy, Russia, Sweden, United States (Indiana, Wisconsin).

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