Uhligia (ammonite)

Uhligia is a genus of Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) ancylocerid ammonoid cephalopods initially found in Germany.

Uhligia Temporal range: L Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Ancyloceratoidea
Family:	Ancyloceratidae
Subfamily:	Ancyloceratinae
Genus:	Uhligia Koenen, 1904

Uhligia, named by Koenen, 1904, has the general form characteristic of heteromorph ancyloceratids. The early part is more or less straight, then sharply bent, followed by a second straight shaft and a final hook. Ribs are fine, weak, and irregular, lacking tubercles; slanted in the early part, straight in the later. Uhligia differs from genera like Ancyloceras and Aspinoceras in lacking the open coil in the early stage.

References

• Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L211.