Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Synonym: Dobrodgeiceras Nikolov 1963
Full reference: G. Sayn. 1910. in Kilian, W. Lethaea geognostica. Teil 2. Bd. III, 1. abt.: Unter Kreide (Palaeocretacicum). Erste Lieferung: Allgemeines Uber Palaeocretacicum; Unterkreide im südöstlichen Frankreich, Einleitung. 193-196
Parent taxon: Olcostephaninae according to J. Klein 2005
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baronnites, Ceratotuberculus, Holcostephanus, Olcostephanus, Parastieria, Santafecites, Saynoceras
Subtaxa: Valanginites broggii Valanginites nucleus Valanginites tijerensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (5), Mexico (3), Morocco (4), Peru (1), Poland (5)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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