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Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) boesei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Astieria boesei was named by Riedel (1938). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Olcostephanus bosei by Haas (1960); it was recombined as Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) boesei by Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Astieria boesei Riedel p. 10 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1, 2
1960Olcostephanus bosei Haas p. 12
2001Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) boesei Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson p. 773 fig. 4i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilyOlcostephaninaeHaug 1910
genusOlcostephanusNeumayr 1875
subgenusOlcostephanusNeumayr 1875
speciesboesei(Riedel 1938)

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: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Colombia Olcostephanus bosei (83873)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina Olcostephanus boesei (61703)