''Inversoceras'' is a genus of cephalopods in the order Oncocerida and the family Trimeroceratidae. These mollusks were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian period, from the Lower Wenlock age (428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to the Ludlow age (422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 mya).
Distribution
Silurian of Sweden, United States (Wisconsin).
Species
* ''Inversoceras falciformis'' (Barrande 1865)
* ''Inversoceras percurvatum'' Foerste 1926
** ''Inversoceras perversum eoperversum'' Stridsberg 1988
** ''Inversoceras perversum falciformis'' (Barrande 1865)
** ''Inversoceras perversum perversum'' (Barrande 1865)
See also
*List of nautiloids
References
BiolibGlobal NamesPaleobiology Database
*Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
*Sven Stridsber
Evolution Within the Silurian Cephalopod Genus Inversoceras
Prehistoric nautiloid genera
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