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Trimeroceratidae

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Trimeroceratidae
Temporal range: Silurian
Inversoceras perversum, Barrande from Prague Zadní Kopanina (Czech Republic) at the National Museum (Prague)
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Trimeroceratidae

Hyatt and Zittel 1900

Trimeroceratidae is a family of molluscs in the order Oncocerida. These molluscs were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian period.

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Species have been found in Silurian-era strata of Canada (Québec), China, Czechia, Italy, Russia, Sweden, and the United States (Indiana, Wisconsin).

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