Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Full reference: E. Böse. 1923. Algunas faunas cretácias de Zacatecas, Durango y Guerrero. Boletín del Instituto Géologica de México 42:1-219
Belongs to Astieria according to E. Böse 1923
Sister taxa: Olcostephanus (Jeannoticeras), Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus), Olcostephanus (Viluceras), Olcostephanus astierianus, Olcostephanus atherstoni, Olcostephanus delicatecostatus, Olcostephanus detonii, Olcostephanus paucicostatus, Olcostephanus pecki, Olcostephanus popenoei, Olcostephanus sanlazarensis, Taraisites bosei, Maderia casitensis, Maderia marcosensis, Maderia marcoensis, Maderia coahuilensis, Subastieria balkanica, Subastieria sulcosae, Subastieria inordinata, Subastieria sulcosus, Astieria neohispanica, Holcostephanus (Astieria) josephinus, Astieria raricostata, Astieria zacatecana
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Astieria astieriformis horizon - Localities near Picacho Alto, Sierra de Symón (Cretaceous of Mexico)
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