Simbirskites Pavlow 1891 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Alternative spelling: Olcostephanus (Simbirskites)

Synonym: Californiceras

Parent taxon: Simbirskitinae according to P. Alsen 2006

See also Imlay 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895, Whitehouse 1926, Whitehouse 1927 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Hollisites

Subtaxa: Simbirskites (Craspedodiscus) Simbirskites (Speetoniceras) Simbirskites broadi Simbirskites decheni Simbirskites lecontei Simbirskites morvenae

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Type: Ammonites decheni

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Canada (10: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Georgia (1), Greenland (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon)

Total: 34 collections including 44 occurrences

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