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Ostlingoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Turrilitoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonitida

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Family
  
Turrilitidae

Rank
  
Genus

Ostlingoceras

Similar
  
Mariella, Turrilitidae, Brancoceras, Dipoloceras, Puzosia

Ostlingoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Turrilitidae family.

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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.

    References

    Ostlingoceras Wikipedia
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