Olcostephanidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period.[1]
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| Fossil of Olcostephanus astierianus from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | †Olcostephanidae Haug, 1910 |
Genera[1] edit
- Bihenduloceras
- Olcostephanus Neumayr, 1875
- Saynoceras
- Subastieria Spath, 1923
- Taraisites Canta-Chapa, 1966
- Valanginites Sayn, 1910
Distribution edit
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Russia, United States, as well as in the Jurassic of Argentina and Mexico.[1]
References edit
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