Oosterellidae

Oosterellidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, 145.5–130.0Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [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 Kilian 1911

Oosterellidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Cretaceous.^[1]

Genera

^[1]

• Oosterella
• Pseudoosterella

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]

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