''Wrightoceras'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod, belonging to the

Ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...

subclass, that lived during the

Turonian The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded by t ...

epoch of the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...

Distribution

Fossils of ''Wrightoceras'' have been found in Brazil, Colombia (

La Frontera Formation The La Frontera Formation ( es, Formación La Frontera, K2F, Ksf) is a geological formation, part of the Villeta Group, of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and neighbouring areas of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The sequence of limestones ...

),Patarroyo, 2016, p.41 Egypt, Gabon, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States (Texas), and Venezuela.

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* Cretaceous ammonites Ammonites of Africa Cretaceous Africa Ammonites of North America Cretaceous Mexico Cretaceous United States Ammonites of South America Cretaceous Brazil Cretaceous Colombia Cretaceous Peru Cretaceous Venezuela Turonian life Turonian genus first appearances Turonian genus extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1954 {{Ammonite-stub