Oosterellidae
Extinct family of molluscs
Oosterellidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, 145.5–130.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
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
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- 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]
References
- ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
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