Oosterella
| Oosterella Temporal range: Cretaceous, [1]
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| Fossil of Oosterella cultratus from Maritime Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Genus: | Oosterella Kilian, 1911
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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
[edit]- Oosterella colombiana Haas, 1960
- Oosterella cultratus d'Orbigny, 1841
- Oosterella ondulata Reboulet, 1996
- Oosterella vilanovae Nicklas, 1892
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
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