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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627079	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627079
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	129327	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129327

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pseudotissotidae : Wrightoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Pseudotissotidae : Wrightoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea
family	Pseudotissotidae	(Hyatt 1903)
genus	Wrightoceras	(Reyment 1954)

Scientific Name

Wrightoceras

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Wrightoceras	subgenus	belongs to Bauchioceras	stated with evidence	Reyment, 1954
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotiinae	stated with evidence	Chancellor, 1982
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Vascoceratidae	stated without evidence	Zaborski, 1987
Wrightoceras	subgenus	belongs to Pseudotissotia	stated with evidence	Meister, 1989
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy and Simmons, 1991
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotiinae	stated with evidence	Wright et al., 1996
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotidae	stated with evidence	Meister et al., 2003
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotiinae	stated with evidence	Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy, 2007
Wrightoceras	genus	belongs to Pseudotissotidae	stated with evidence	Kennedy et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrightoceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Herrickiceras costatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Wrightoceras llarenai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Wrightoceras munieri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Wrightoceras reymenti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Wrightoceras submunieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1954	Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) Reyment p. 160
1967	Imlayiceras Leanza
1980	Herrickiceras Cobban and Hook p. 22
1982	Wrightoceras Chancellor p. 118
1987	Wrightoceras Kennedy et al. p. 58
1987	Wrightoceras Zaborski p. 49
1987	Herrickiceras Zaborski p. 56
1989	Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) Meister p. 49
1991	Herrickiceras Kennedy and Simmons p. 143

Year	Name and Author
1991	Wrightoceras Kennedy and Simmons p. 143
1994	Wrightoceras Chancellor et al. p. 96
1996	Wrightoceras Wright et al. p. 178
2002	Imlayiceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Wrightoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Wrightoceras Meister et al. p. 345
2007	Wrightoceras Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 476
2008	Wrightoceras Kennedy et al. p. 163

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Cobban W. A., Hook S. C. (1980) The Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonite family Coilopoceratidae Hyatt in the Western Interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1192, 1-28

Chancellor G. R. (1982) Cenomanian-Turonian ammonites from Coahuila, Mexico, Bulletin of the Geological Institute of the University of Uppsala 9, 77-129

Kennedy W. J., Wright C. W., et al (1987) Basal Turonian ammonites from west Texas, Palaeontology 30 1, 27-74

Zaborski P. M. P. (1987) Lower Turonian (Cretaceous) ammonites from south-east Nigeria, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 41 2, 31-66

Meister C. (1989) Les ammonites du Crétacé supérieur d'Ashaka, Nigéria: analyse taxonomique, ontogénétique, biostratigraphique et évolutive, Bulletin des Centres de Recherches Elf Exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine 13, 1-84

Kennedy W. J., Simmons M. D. (1991) Mid-Cretaceous ammonites and associated microfossils from the Central Oman Mountains, Newsletters on Stratigraphy 25 3, 127-154

Chancellor G. R., Kennedy W. J., et al (1994) Turonian ammonite faunas from central Tunisia, Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology 50, 1-118

Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362

Meister C., Mbina Mounguengui M., et al (2003) Les ammonites du Cénomano-Turonien du bassin côtier nord-gabonais: systématique et intérêt paléogéographique pour la liaison Téthys-Atlantique Sud, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 22, 341-355

Barroso-Barcenilla F., Goy A. (2007) Revision and new data of the ammonite family Pseudotissotiidae in the Iberian Trough, Spain, Geobios 40, 455-487

Kennedy W. J., Gale A. S., et al (2008) Early Turonian ammonites from Goulmima, southern Morocco, Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78, 149-177

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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