Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Alternative combination: Astieria atherstoni densicostatus
Belongs to Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) according to S. Reboulet 1996
Sister taxa: Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) balestrai, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) boesei, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) fascigerus, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) globosus, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) laticosta, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) mingrammi, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) mitreanus, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) nicklesi, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) sakalavensis, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) salinarius, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) sayni, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) tenuituberculatus, Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) variegatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Chile (2), France (39), Hungary (8), Morocco (6), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (4)
Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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