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, Holcostephanus (Astieria) josephinus, Astieria raricostata, Astieria neohispanica, Astieria zacatecana, Taraisites bosei, Subastieria sulcosus, Subastieria inordinata, Subastieria sulcosae, Subastieria balkanica, Maderia casitensis, Maderia marcosensis, Maderia coahuilensis, Maderia marcoensis
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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