Biology:Olenecoceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of Cambrian animals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Olenecoceras Balashov, 1966 |
| Species: | †O. rastorguense
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| Binomial name | |
| †Olenecoceras rastorguense Balashov, 1966
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Olenecoceras is a genus of Middle Cambrian[1] fossils that, once believed to be a cephalopod, has since been excluded from that group (although no alternative classification has been offered).[2] The genus was established by Zakhar Grigor'evich Balashov in 1966, from the river Olenyok.[3]
See also
- Vologdinella – another genus named by Balashov, also was formerly believed to be a cephalopod
References
- ↑ Dzik, J. (1981). "Origin of the cephalopoda". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 26 (2): 161–191. http://www.paleo.pan.pl/people/Dzik/Publications/Cephalopoda.pdf.
- ↑ Teichert, C. (1985), "Main features of cephalopod evolution", in Wilbur, Karl M.; Clarke, M.R.; Trueman, E.R., The Mollusca, 12. Paleontology and neontology of Cephalopods, New York: Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-728702-7
- ↑ Shamansky, V. N. (1968). (in Russian)Итоги науки. Серия геология (Moscow: VINITI): 160–180. http://mmtk.ginras.ru/pdf/shimansky1968_cephalopods.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7086374 entry
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