Pseudoosterella ubalaensis
| Pseudoosterella ubalaensis Temporal range: Valanginian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Oosterellidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudoosterella |
| Species: | †P. ubalaensis
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| †Pseudoosterella ubalaensis Haas, 1960
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Pseudoosterella ubalaensis is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species belonging to the genus Pseudoosterella in the family of Oosterellidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Early Cretaceous; Valanginian epoch. The species was first described by Haas in 1960.[1]
Etymology
The species epithet is derived from Ubalá, Cundinamarca, where the species has been found.[1] In Muysccubun, the language of the Muisca, Ubalá means "Place on the hillside" or "At the foot of the hillside".[2]
Distribution
Fossils of Pseudoosterella ubalaensis have been found in Valanginian black shales of the Murca Formation,[3] belonging to the Cáqueza Group, outcropping near Ubalá,[4][5] and Labranzagrande, Boyacá.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Pseudoosterella ubalaensis - Fossilworks
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Ubalá Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Moreno, 1990, p.76
- ^ Piraquive et al., 2011, p.207
- ^ Dorado Galindo, 1990, p.23
- ^ Pseudoosterella ubalaensis