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Olenikites spiniplicatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae

Taxonomy

Dinarites spiniplicatus was named by Mojsisovics (1886). It is the type species of Olenikites.

It was misspelled as Olenekites spiniplicatus by Bychkov (1977); it was recombined as Olenikites spiniplicatus by Hyatt (1900), Spath (1934), Kummel (1969), Bychkov et al. (1976), Zakharov (1978), Dagis and Ermakova (1988), Dagis et al. (1996).

Synonyms

Dinarites volutus was named by Mojsisovics (1866).

It was recombined as Olenikites volutus by Diener (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Olenikites spiniplicatus by Kummel (1969), Dagis and Ermakova (1988).
Dinarites densiplicatus was named by Mojsisovics (1886).

It was recombined as Olenikites densiplicatus by Diener (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Olenikites spiniplicatus by Kummel (1969), Dagis and Ermakova (1988).
Dinarites tolli was named by Mojsisovics (1888).

It was synonymized subjectively with Olenikites spiniplicatus by Dagis and Ermakova (1988).
Dinarites intermedius was named by Mojsisovics (1888).

It was recombined as Olenikites intermedius by Diener (1915); it was synonymized subjectively with Olenikites spiniplicatus by Kummel (1969), Dagis and Ermakova (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1866	Dinarites volutus Mojsisovics
1886	Dinarites spiniplicatus Mojsisovics
1886	Dinarites densiplicatus Mojsisovics p. 15 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1888	Dinarites intermedius Mojsisovics p. 5 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-10
1888	Dinarites tolli Mojsisovics p. 5 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1900	Olenikites spiniplicatus Hyatt p. 559
1915	Olenikites densiplicatus Diener
1915	Olenikites intermedius Diener
1915	Olenikites volutus Diener
1934	Olenikites spiniplicatus Spath
1969	Olenikites spiniplicatus Kummel
1976	Olenikites spiniplicatus Bychkov et al.
1977	Olenekites spiniplicatus Bychkov
1978	Olenikites spiniplicatus Zakharov figs. Pl 12, figs 5-9; pl 13; pl 14, figs 1,2
1988	Olenikites spiniplicatus Dagis and Ermakova p. 62 figs. Pl 24, figs 2-14
1996	Olenikites spiniplicatus Dagis et al. p. 101 figs. Pl 52, figs 3,4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Dinaritoidea	(Mojsisovics 1882)
family	Olenikitidae	Tozer 1971
genus	Olenikites
species	spiniplicatus	(Mojsisovics 1886)

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.

†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]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	6	8.19	7.40	9.00	8.15	0.711
shell diameter	6	23.6	21.3	27.0	23.1	2.45
shell inflation	6	9.62	7.80	12.0	9.60	1.65

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Russian Federation (Siberia)	Olenikites spiniplicatus (72345 72347 72348 72349 72350 72351 72354 72355 72356 72357 72359 72360 72361 72362 72363 72426)
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya)	Olenekites spiniplicatus (212890)
Olenekian	249.9 - 246.7	Russian Federation	Olenikites spiniplicatus (124541 124543)
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	Russian Federation	Dinarites densiplicatus (212507) Dinarites volutus, Dinarites intermedius (212506) Olenekites spiniplicatus (214730) Olenikites spiniplicatus (107049 107190 107211 123385 123387 123495 123505 123508 123548 123939)