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Oosterella
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–130.0 Ma [1]
Fossil of Oosterella cultratus from Maritime Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Perisphinctoidea
Family:
Oosterellidae
Genus:
Oosterella

Kilian 1911

Oosterella is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Oosterellidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores [1] lived during the Cretaceous, from the upper Valanginian age to the lower Hauterivian age. [2]

Species

[1]

  • Oosterella colombiana Haas 1960
  • Oosterella cultratus d'Orbigny 1841
  • Oosterella ondulata Reboulet 1996
  • Oosterella vilanovae Nicklas 1892

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Romania and Slovakia. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda


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