title: Orthosphinctes
text: # Orthosphinctes
  
  Orthosphinctes is a genus of ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Ataxioceratidae.
  
  They lived in the late Jurassic period, in the Kimmeridgian age, which occurred 155.7-152.1 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivore.
  
  ## Fossils distribution
  
  Jurassic of Algeria, France, India, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Spain, Yemen.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Orthosphinctes colubrinus, from Mount Lochen near Balingen, Germany
  * Orthosphinctes pseudoachilles, from Treuchtlingen, Germany
  