Biology:Olenekoceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Olenekoceras
Temporal range: Olenekian[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Olenekoceras
Species [2]
  • O. laevigatum
  • O. middendorffi
  • O. nikitini
  • O. schrenki

Olenekoceras is an ammonoid cephalopod from the Lower Triassic included in the ceratitid family Sibiritidae, once included in the Noritaceae but now in the Ceratitaceae.

Distribution

Japan and the Russian Federation.[2]

References

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Bibliography
  • W.J. Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q16986854 entry