Oecoptychius
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| Oecoptychius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Strigoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Oecoptychius |
Oecoptychius is an extinct genus of fossil ammonite cephalopods. The species lived during the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Oecophtychius was named by Neumayr[who?] in 1878. It is placed into Oecoptychitidae, a family of dwarf ammonites established by Arkell[who?], 1957, that is a part of the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea.[citation needed]
