Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Alternative combination: Rogersites paucicostatus
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1937. Lower Neocomian fossils from the Miquihuana region, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 11(7):552-574
Belongs to Olcostephanus according to J. Klein 2005
See also Imlay 1937
Sister taxa: Olcostephanus (Jeannoticeras), Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus), Olcostephanus (Viluceras), Olcostephanus astierianus, Olcostephanus atherstoni, Olcostephanus delicatecostatus, Olcostephanus detonii, Olcostephanus pecki, Olcostephanus popenoei, Olcostephanus sanlazarensis, Taraisites bosei, Astieria raricostata, Astieria neohispanica, Astieria zacatecana, Astieria bangei, Holcostephanus (Astieria) josephinus, Maderia marcosensis, Maderia casitensis, Maderia coahuilensis, Maderia marcoensis, Subastieria inordinata, Subastieria sulcosae, Subastieria sulcosus, Subastieria balkanica
Type specimen: UM 18033, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arroyo San Lazaro8 (Cretaceous of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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