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Peismoceras optatum from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
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Genus: | Peismoceras Hyatt 1894 |
Peismoceras is a genus of fossil Cephalopoda in the family Lechritrochoceratidae.
These nautiloids were fast-moving nektobenthic carnivores. They lived in the Silurian Period, from Late Wenlock age (from 428.2 ± 1.5 to 422.9 ± 2.8 mya) to Přídolí Age (from 418.7 ± 1.5 to 416 ± 2.8 mya).
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