''Uhligella'' is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Early Cretaceous ( Late Aptian to Early Albian), belonging to the

ammonoid 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 and included in the

Desmoceratidae Desmoceratidae is a family belonging to the ammonite superfamily Desmoceratoidea. with and (1996), ''Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea'', vol. 4, in ''Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology'', Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), ...

. ''Uhligella'' is described as being high-whorled with a broadly or narrowly rounded venter, in which the early whorls have strong or weak sinuous ribs but the outer whorls are smooth. ''Uhligella'' may have given rise to ''

Beudanticeras ''Beudanticeras'' is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Late Cretaceous period; Albian and Cenomanian, belonging to the ammonoid subclass and included in the family Desmoceratidae. ''Beudanticeras'' has a rather to very compressed shell that i ...

'' and is preceded by another related genus, '' Zurcherella''.

Distribution

Fossils of ''Uhligella'' have been found in Argentina, Colombia (

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, Tolima and in

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), France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom, the United States (Arkansas), and Venezuela.''Uhligella''
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