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Genus of molluscs

Mariceras
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous- Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Nautilida
Genus: Mariceras
Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy, 1954

Mariceras is a genus of Late Carboniferous to Early Permian nautilids found in North America and central Asia. Its shell is like that of Schyphoceras but is less curved and smoother.

References

  • Mariceras Fossilworks entry.
  • Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea-Nautilida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America.
Taxon identifiers
Mariceras


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