Oosterella

Oosterella
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–130.0 Ma

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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

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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


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