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Olcostephanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Perisphinctoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonitida

Suborder
  
Ammonitina

Family
  
Olcostephanidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Ammonites

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Similar
  
Ammonites, Neocomites, Neolissoceras, Neocomitidae, Ochetoceras

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Olcostephanus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Olcostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Cretaceous, from the upper Valanginian to the lower Hauterivian age.

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  • Olcostephanus astierianus d'Orbigny 1840
  • Olcostephanus atherstoni Sharpe 1856
  • Olcostephanus bakeri Imlay 1937
  • Olcostephanus bosei Riedel 1938
  • Olcostephanus delicatecostatus Haas 1960
  • Olcostephanus detonii Rodighiero 1919
  • Olcostephanus filifer Imlay 1937
  • Olcostephanus laticosta Gerth 1925
  • Olcostephanus paucicostatus Imlay 1937
  • Olcostephanus pecki Imlay 1960
  • Olcostephanus popenoei Imlay 1960
  • Olcostephanus prorsiradiatus Imlay 1937
  • Olcostephanus quadriradiatus Imlay 1938
  • Olcostephanus sanlazarensis Imlay 1937

    • 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, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Russia, United States, as well as in the Jurassic of Argentina.

    References

    Olcostephanus Wikipedia
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