Jump to content

Ostlingoceras

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BG19bot (talk | contribs) at 06:23, 11 July 2016 (WP:CHECKWIKI error fix. Broken bracket. Do general fixes if a problem exists. -). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ostlingoceras
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France
Scientific classification
Class:
Subclass:
Order:
Superfamily:
Family:
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