Wrightoceras
| Wrightoceras Temporal range: Turonian 93–89 Ma | |
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| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Genus: | Wrightoceras Reyment 1954 |
| Species[1] | |
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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.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of Wrightoceras have been found in Brazil, Colombia (La Frontera Formation),[3] Egypt, Gabon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States (Texas), and Venezuela.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Wrightoceras". Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ↑ 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). Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander 38. 41-54. Accessed 2017-04-04.
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