Nikitinoceras Sokolov 1913 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Synonym: Temnoptychites Pavlow 1914

Parent taxon: Tolliinae according to P. Alsen 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Borealites, Homolsomites, Menjaites, Peregrinoceras, Surites, Thorsteinssonoceras, Tollia, Virgatoptychites

Subtaxa: Nikitinoceras (Nikitinoceras) Nikitinoceras (Russanovia) Temnoptychites (Temnoptychites)

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Type: Olcostephanus hoplitoides

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Greenland (12), the Russian Federation (23), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

Total: 42 collections including 71 occurrences

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