Vericeras Temporal range:
Silurian
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Genus: | Vericeras Kolebaba, 1977
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Orthoceras ambigena |
Vericeras is an extinct genus of nautiloid cephalopod that lived in what would be Europe during the Silurian from 421—418.7 mya, existing for approximately 2.3 million years. [1]
The type species, V. ambigena, was originally described by Joachim Barrande as "Orthoceras ambigena. Vericeras was assigned to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002). [2]
The shell is an elongated orthocone with fine, longitudinal ribbing, very similar to the shells of its sister genus, Arionoceras.
Fossil distribution is exclusive to Silurian marine strata in Sardinia.