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Olcostephanidae

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Olcostephanidae

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Ammonites, Olcostephanus, Neocomitidae, Echioceratidae, Neocomites

Olcostephanidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period.

  • Olcostephanus Neumayr 1875
  • Saynoceras
  • Subastieria Spath 1923
  • Taraisites Canta-Chapa 1966
  • Valanginites Sayn 1910
  • Distribution

    Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Russia, United States, as well as in the Jurassic of Argentina and Mexico.

    References

    Olcostephanidae Wikipedia


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