Peismoceras is a genus of fossil Cephalopoda in the family Lechritrochoceratidae.
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| Peismoceras optatum from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | †Tarphycerida |
| Family: | †Lechritrochoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Peismoceras Hyatt, 1894 |
These nautiloids were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian Period, from Late Wenlock age (from 428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to Přídolí Age (from 418.7 ± 1.5 to 416 ± 2.8 mya).
Species
edit- Peismoceras amicum (Barrande)†
- Peismoceras optatum (Barrande)†
- Peismoceras pulchrum†
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Fossil of Peismoceras, an extinct cephalopod at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
References
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- Paleobiology Database
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database