Ostlingoceras Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Cephalopodes
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15293 The Paleobiology Database