Ostlingoceras

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ammonites}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|99.7|94.3}}

| image = Turrilitidae - Ostlingoceras puzosianum.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil internal model of Ostlingoceras puzosianum from Cretaceous of France

| taxon = Ostlingoceras

| authority = Hyatt, 1900

}}

Ostlingoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Turrilitidae family.Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Cephalopodes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225905/http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class |date=2016-02-25 }}

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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15293 The Paleobiology Database]

References