Ostlingoceras

Ostlingoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Turrilitidae family.[1]

Ostlingoceras
Temporal range: 99.7โ€“94.3 Ma
Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Turrilitoidea
Family:
Turrilitidae
Genus:
Ostlingoceras

Hyatt, 1900

Species
  • Ostlingoceras brandi Young, 1958
  • Ostlingoceras conlini Clark, 1955
  • Ostlingoceras puzosianum (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Ostlingoceras rorayensis (Collignon, 1964)

Fossil record

Fossils of Ostlingoceras are found in marine strata of the Cretaceous (age range: from 99.7 to 94.3 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Angola, France, Italy, Madagascar, Mozambique, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and United States.[2]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Cephalopodes Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Paleobiology Database


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