| Olenecoceras Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Olenecoceras Balashov, 1966 |
| Species: | †O. rastorguense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Olenecoceras rastorguense Balashov, 1966 | |
Olenecoceras is a genus of Middle Cambrian fossils that, once believed to be a cephalopod, has since been excluded from that group (although no alternative classification has been offered). The genus was established by Zakhar Grigor'evich Balashov in 1966, from the river Olenyok.
See also
- Vologdinella – another genus named by Balashov, also was formerly believed to be a cephalopod
References
- Dzik, J. (1981). "Origin of the cephalopoda" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 26 (2): 161–191.
- Teichert, C. (1985), "Main features of cephalopod evolution", in Wilbur, Karl M.; Clarke, M.R.; Trueman, E.R. (eds.), The Mollusca, vol. 12. Paleontology and neontology of Cephalopods, New York: Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-728702-7
- Shamansky, V. N. (1968). Современное состояние изученности наутилоидей, эндоцератоидей, актиноцератоидей, бактритоидей [Modern state of study of Nautiloids, Endoceratoids, Actinoceratoides, Bactritoids] (PDF). Итоги науки. Серия геология (in Russian). Moscow: VINITI: 160–180.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Olenecoceras | |