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

ammonoid Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...

subclass and included in the

Desmoceratidae Desmoceratidae is a Family (biology), 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. Kaesl ...

. ''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'' 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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