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
Temporal range: U Jura (Tith) - L Cret (Berr)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Oppeliidae
Subfamily: Streblitinae
Genus: Uhligites
Kilian, 1913

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 edit

  • 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.