Olenekoceras

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.

Not to be confused with Olenecoceras.

Olenekoceras
Temporal range: Olenekian[1]
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Scientific 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

Distribution

Japan and the Russian Federation.[2]

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


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