Biology:Oosterellidae

Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Oosterellidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, 145.5–130.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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.

Genera

• 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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17264620 entry