Ostlingoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Turrilitidae family.[1]
| Ostlingoceras Temporal range:
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| Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Turrilitidae |
| Genus: | †Ostlingoceras Hyatt, 1900 |
Species
edit- Ostlingoceras brandi Young, 1958
- Ostlingoceras conlini Clark, 1955
- Ostlingoceras puzosianum (d'Orbigny, 1842)
- Ostlingoceras rorayensis (Collignon, 1964)
Fossil record
editFossils 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
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Cephalopodes Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
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