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Olenekoceras

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Olenekoceras
Temporal range: Olenekian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Sibiritidae
Subfamily: Keyserlingitinae
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

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Japan and the Russian Federation.[2]

References

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Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Olenekoceras". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Bibliography
  • W.J. Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.