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''Jonesoceras'' is a genus of
orthocerid Orthocerida, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (''orthós''), meaning "straight", and κέρας (''kéras''), meaning "horn", also known as the Michelinocerida, is an order of extinct orthoceratoid cephalopods that lived from the Early Ordovician ...
s from the Silurian of Bohemia named by Barscov, 1960, included in the
Geisonoceratidae Geisonoceratidae is an extinct family of orthoceroid cephalopods endemic to what would be Asia, Europe, and North America from the Middle Ordovician to the Middle DevonianSweet, W. C. 1964. Nautiloidea- Orthocerida; Treatise on Invertebrate Pal ...
. Also named by him, from the same age and area, the related '' Joachimoceras'' and '' Temperoceras''.


References

* Walter C Sweet. 1964. Nautiloidea-Orthocerida;
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology The ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,'' published from 1953–2007 by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, then 2009–present by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute, is a definitive multi-authore ...
, Part K (''incl'' Nautiloidea). Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Prehistoric nautiloid genera Orthocerida {{Paleo-nautiloid-stub