Olenecoceras

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]

Not to be confused with Olenekoceras.

Olenecoceras
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Genus: †Olenecoceras
Balashov, 1966
Species:
†O. rastorguense
Binomial name
†Olenecoceras rastorguense
Balashov, 1966

See also
  • Vologdinella – another genus named by Balashov, also was formerly believed to be a cephalopod

References
  1. Dzik, J. (1981). "Origin of the cephalopoda" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (2): 161–191.
  2. Teichert, C. (1985), "Main features of cephalopod evolution", in Wilbur, Karl M.; Clarke, M.R.; Trueman, E.R. (eds.), The Mollusca, 12. Paleontology and neontology of Cephalopods, New York: Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-728702-7
  3. Shamansky, V. N. (1968). Современное состояние изученности наутилоидей, эндоцератоидей, актиноцератоидей, бактритоидей [Modern state of study of Nautiloids, Endoceratoids, Actinoceratoides, Bactritoids] (PDF). Итоги науки. Серия геология (in Russian). Moscow: VINITI: 160–180.
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