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Olenikitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae

Taxonomy
Olenikitidae was named by Tozer (1971).

It was reranked as the subfamily Olenikitinae by Tozer (1994).

It was assigned to Noritaceae by Tozer (1971), Tozer (1981); to Sibiritidae by Tozer (1994); and to Dinaritoidea by Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Olenikitidae Tozer
1981Olenikitidae Tozer
1994Olenikitinae Tozer
2017Olenikitidae Smyshlyaeva and Zakharov p. 732

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyOlenikitidaeTozer 1971
familyOlenikitidaeTozer 1971

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Olenikitidae Tozer 1971
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G. †Hyrcanites Shevyrev 1968
G. †Olenikites Hyatt 1900
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†Olenikites bombus Tozer 1994
†Olenikites canadensis Tozer 1961
†Olenikites mangyshlakensis Astakhova 1960
†Olenikites spiniplicatus Mojsisovics 1886
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Invalid names: Dinarites densiplicatus Mojsisovics 1886 [synonym], Dinarites intermedius Mojsisovics 1888 [synonym], Dinarites tolli Mojsisovics 1888 [synonym], Dinarites volutus Mojsisovics 1866 [synonym]
†Olenikites subtilis Tozer 1994
†Olenikites triton Tozer 1994
Invalid names: Ceratites sigmatoideus Mojsisovics 1886 [nomen dubium]
G. †Pseudosvalbardiceras Dagis and Ermakova 1988
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†Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum Mojsisovics 1886
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Invalid names: Arctoprionites prontchischevi Zakharov 1978 [synonym]
G. †Svalbardiceras Frebold 1930
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†Svalbardiceras pealei Smith 1932
†Svalbardiceras qinghaiense Wang and Chen 1979
†Svalbardiceras sulcatum Guex et al. 2005
G. †Tjururpites Shevyrev 1968
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†Tjururpites costatus Shevyrev 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Aegean or 250.50000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Dagnoceras pealei (33285 33286)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Kashmir) Olenikites sp. (115379)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Idaho) Dagnoceras pealei (33293)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis, Olenekites volutus, Olenekites spiniplicatus (212890)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Kazakhstan Tjururpites costatus (72328 72331 72337)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Norway Svalbardiceras spitzbergense (31369)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation Olenikites spiniplicatus (124543) Olenikites spiniplicatus, Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (124541) Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (124542)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kalmykia) Tjururpites costates (46532)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Olenikites sp. (72342) Olenikites spiniplicatus (72345 72347 72348 72350 72351 72354 72355 72356 72357 72359 72360 72361 72362 72426) Olenikites spiniplicatus, Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (72349 72363) Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (72352 72364)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Pseudosvalbardiceras humboldtense (109430) Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis (150311)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) Svalbardiceras qinghaiense (103159)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation (Primorye) Svalbardiceras zhitkoviense (47279)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Kazakhstan Olenekites mangyshlakensis (213181)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Arctoprionites prontchischevi, Svalbardiceras asiaticum (127717) Ceratites sigmatoideus (212505) Dinarites densiplicatus (212507) Dinarites volutus, Dinarites intermedius (212506) Meekoceras sibiricum (212542) Olenekites altus (214729) Olenekites sp. (214737) Olenekites spiniplicatus (214730) Olenikites spiniplicatus (123508 123548 123939) Olenikites spiniplicatus, Arctoprionites prontchischevi, Svalbardiceras sibiricum (123495) Olenikites spiniplicatus, Pseudosvalbardiceras asiaticum (107211) Olenikites spiniplicatus, Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (107049 107190 123385 123387 123505) Pseudosvalbardiceras sibiricum (97058)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Canada (Nunavut) Olenikites canadensis (44047) Olenikites canadensis, Olenikites bombus, Olenikites triton, Svalbardiceras freboldi (43853 44049) Olenikites sp. (98547) Olenikites subtilis (61967 61968)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Svalbardiceras freboldi (109419) Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis (109415) Svalbardiceras sulcatum (109413)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Spitsbergen) Svalbardiceras spitzbergensis (211374)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Canada (British Columbia) Svalbardiceras chowadei (105320 105324 105326)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak) Tjururpites costatus (203161)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Romania Svalbardiceras sp. (216986)