Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae
Full reference: H. Frebold. 1930. Die Altersstellung des Fischhorizontes, des Grippianiveaus und des unteren Saurierhorizontes in Spitzbergen. Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 28:1-36
Parent taxon: Olenikitidae according to J. Guex et al. 2010
See also Kummel 1969, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Hyrcanites, Olenikites, Pseudosvalbardiceras, Tjururpites
Subtaxa: Svalbardiceras chowadei Svalbardiceras freboldi Svalbardiceras pealei Svalbardiceras qinghaiense Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis Svalbardiceras sulcatum
Type: Lecanites spitzbergensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), China (1), Norway (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (7: Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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