Temperoceras

Temperoceras is a genus of orthoconic nautiloid cephalopods named by Barskov in 1960 that lived in what is now north Africa, Europe, and Asia during the early Paleozoic.

Temperoceras
Temporal range: Ordovician - Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Orthocerida
Superfamily:
Orthocerataceae
Family:
Geisonoceratidae
Genus:
Temperoceras

Barskov, 1960

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
  1. Sweet, W.C. 1964. Nautiloidea- Orthocerida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geol. Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press


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