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Extinct genus of ammonites

Ostlingoceras
Temporal range: 99.7–94.3 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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.

References

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


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