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Olcostephanus delicatecostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Olcostephanus delicatecostatus was named by Haas (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cáqueza, Cundinamarca, which is in a Valanginian marine horizon in Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Olcostephanus delicatecostatus Haas pp. 9, 11 figs. figs. 12-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilyOlcostephaninaeHaug 1910
genusOlcostephanusNeumayr 1875
speciesdelicatecostatus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Colombia Olcostephanus delicatecostatus (type locality: 83873)