Mericoceras

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

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

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.