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Wrightoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Similar
  
Coilopoceras, Vascoceras, Fagesia, Mammites

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

Wrightoceras Wikipedia