Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae
Alternative spelling: Olenekites
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Olenikitidae according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996
See also Bychkov et al. 1976, Guex et al. 2010, Kummel 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Hyrcanites, Pseudosvalbardiceras, Svalbardiceras, Tjururpites
Subtaxa: Ceratites sigmatoideus Olenikites bombus Olenikites canadensis Olenikites mangyshlakensis Olenikites spiniplicatus Olenikites subtilis Olenikites triton
Type: Dinarites spiniplicatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (6: Nunavut collections), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (35), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 44 collections including 50 occurrences
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