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''Arctotirolites'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the
ammonite Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...
subclass. It was described by
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in 1963, based on a single specimen found in the
Olenyok River The Olenyok (, sometimes spelled ''Оленек'', ''Olenek''; , Ölöön) is a major river in northern Siberian Russia, west of the lower Lena and east of the Anabar. It is long, of which around is navigable. Average water discharge is . The ...
basin, in the Olenikites zone of northern Siberia.


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Ceratitida genera Xenodiscidae {{Ceratitida-stub