Wrightoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod, belonging to the Ammonite subclass, that lived during the Turonian epoch of the Late Cretaceous.[2]
| Wrightoceras Temporal range: Turonian
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| Genus: | Wrightoceras Reyment 1954
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Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Wrightoceras". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Patarroyo, 2016, p.41
Bibliography edit
- 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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