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Olenikites canadensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Olenikitidae

Taxonomy
Olenikites canadensis was named by Tozer (1961). Its type specimen is GSC 14094 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otto Fiord (GSC 32363), which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Blind Fiord Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Olenikites canadensis Tozer p. 73 figs. Pl 18, figs 1-3; text-fig 9
1969Olenikites canadensis Kummel
1994Olenikites canadensis Tozer p. 93 figs. Pl 38, figs 1a,b; text-fig 26a

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

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 canadensis Tozer 1961
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Diagnosis
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