Olcostephanidae
| Olcostephanidae Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous, 150.8–125.45 Ma | |
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| Fossil of Olcostephanus astierianus from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | Olcostephanidae Haug 1910 |
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]
Genera
- Olcostephanus Neumayr 1875
- Saynoceras
- Subastieria Spath 1923
- Taraisites Canta-Chapa 1966
- Valanginites Sayn 1910
Distribution
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
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