Wrightoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod, belonging to the Ammonite subclass, that lived during the Turonian epoch of the Late Cretaceous.

Distribution

Fossils of Wrightoceras have been found in Brazil, Colombia (La Frontera Formation), Egypt, Gabon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States (Texas), and Venezuela.

References

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)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 38: 41–54, retrieved 2017-04-04



TILTONICERAS antiquum jsdammonites

VIRGATITES virgatus jsdammonites

VASCOCERAS tectiforme jsdammonites

Sclerocactus wrightiae

RHAEBOCERAS sp juvénile jsdammonites