Uhligites
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
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|fossil_range = U Jura (Tith) - L Cret (Berr)
|taxon = Uhligites
|authority = Kilian, 1913
}}
Uhligites is an oppeliid ammonite included in the subfamily Streblitinae
that lived during the latest part of the Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous; from about 150 to 140 m.y.a.
Uhligites has been found in uppermost Jurassic (Tithonian) sediments in China, India, New Zealand, and Yemen, and the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) sediments, also in Yemen, and in Antarctica.
Related genera include Streblites, Substreblites, and Cyrtosiceras.
References
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15775 Uhligites-Paleodb]
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Geological Society of America.
- D.T, Donovan, Collomon, J.H, and Howarth, M.K 1981. Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina. The Ammmonoidea; Systematics Association.
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Category:Tithonian first appearances
Category:Early Cretaceous genus extinctions
Category:Cretaceous animals of Asia
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