Mericoceras
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Mericoceras is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod that lived during the Late Devonian and possible as early as the Silurian.
Taxonomy
[edit]Mericoceras is included in the Orthocerida, an order of cephalopods.
Fossil distribution
[edit]Fossil distribution is exclusive to Sardinia, Wisconsin USA, and northern Ontario, Canada.
References
[edit]- 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.
