Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites josephinus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428
Belongs to Holcostephanus (Astieria) according to J. Cottreau 1934
See also d'Orbigny 1850
Sister taxa: Olcostephanus (Jeannoticeras), Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus), Olcostephanus (Viluceras), Olcostephanus astierianus, Olcostephanus atherstoni, Olcostephanus delicatecostatus, Olcostephanus detonii, Olcostephanus paucicostatus, Olcostephanus pecki, Olcostephanus popenoei, Olcostephanus sanlazarensis, Subastieria inordinata, Subastieria sulcosus, Subastieria sulcosae, Subastieria balkanica, Maderia coahuilensis, Maderia casitensis, Maderia marcosensis, Taraisites bosei, Astieria bangei, Astieria zacatecana, Astieria raricostata, Astieria neohispanica
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R03115
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Holcostephanus (Astieria) josephinus in the database
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