| Wrightoceras Temporal range: Turonian 93–89 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Genus: | Wrightoceras Reyment 1954 |
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Wrightoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod, belonging to the Ammonite subclass, that lived during the Turonian epoch of the Late Cretaceous.
Distribution
Fossils of Wrightoceras have been found in Brazil, Colombia (La Frontera Formation), Egypt, Gabon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States (Texas), and Venezuela.
References
- ^ "Paleobiology Database - Wrightoceras". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Patarroyo, 2016, p.41
Bibliography
- Patarroyo, Pedro (2016), "Amonoideos y otros macrofósiles del lectoestratotipo de la Formación la Frontera, Turoniano inferior - medio (Cretácico Superior) en San Francisco, Cundinamarca (Colombia)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 38: 41–54, retrieved 2017-04-04
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- Cretaceous ammonites
- Ammonites of Africa
- Cretaceous Africa
- Ammonites of North America
- Cretaceous Mexico
- Cretaceous United States
- Ammonites of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Cretaceous Colombia
- Cretaceous Peru
- Cretaceous Venezuela
- Turonian life
- Turonian genus first appearances
- Turonian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1954
- Ammonite stubs