{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Aalenian|Bajocian|ref=<ref name="Sepkoski Ceph"/>}} | image = Oppelia con aptico.JPG | image_caption = ''Oppelia'' with paired aptychi in place | taxon = Oppelia | authority = Waagen, 1869 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name="fossilworks"/> | subdivision = * ''Oppelia mamertensis'' <small>Waagen, 1869</small> * ''Oppelia paronai'' <small>Trauth, 1922</small> * ''Oppelia plicatella'' <small>Gemmellaro, 1877</small> * ''Oppelia propefusca'' <small>Gregorio, 1886</small> * ''Oppelia subcostaria'' <small>Oppel, 1862</small> * ''Oppelia yeovilensis'' <small>Rollier, 1911</small> }}
'''''Oppelia''''' is a haploceratoid ammonite and type genus for the Oppeliidae that lived during the Middle Jurassic.<ref name="Sepkoski Ceph">{{cite web | last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }}</ref> Shells of ''Oppelia'' are involute with a small to moderate size umbilicus, bluntly rounded to sharp venter, and deeply impressed dorsum. Sides are generally smooth but may be variously ribbed on the outer flanks. Similar and related genera include ''Oxycerites'' and ''Oecotraustes''.
==Distribution== Jurassic of Germany, Greenland, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom <ref name="fossilworks">{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Oppelia| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15285| access-date = 17 December 2021 }}</ref>
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Category:Ammonitida genera Category:Oppeliidae Category:Jurassic ammonites Category:Ammonites of Europe
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