Uhligella is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian to Early Albian), belonging to the ammonoid subclass and included in the Desmoceratidae.

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

Uhligella may have given rise to Beudanticeras and is preceded by another related genus, Zurcherella.

Uhligella

Distribution

Fossils of Uhligella have been found in Argentina, Colombia (Hiló Formation, Tolima and in La Guajira), France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom, the United States (Arkansas), and Venezuela.

Uhligella

References

Further reading

Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.

Desmoceratidae

Early Cretaceous ammonites

Ammonites of Africa

Cretaceous Africa

Ammonites of Europe

Cretaceous Europe

Ammonites of North America

Cretaceous United States

Cretaceous Mexico

Ammonites of South America

Cretaceous Argentina

Cretaceous Colombia

Cretaceous Venezuela

Aptian life

Albian life

Fossil taxa described in 1907

Albian genus extinctions

Ammonitida genera