Ostlingoceras
Extinct genus of ammonites
Ostlingoceras Temporal range: 99.7–94.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Family: | †Turrilitidae |
Genus: | †Ostlingoceras Hyatt, 1900 |
Ostlingoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Turrilitidae family.[1]
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
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Cephalopodes Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
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