Oosterellidae

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

Oosterellidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 145.5–130.0 Ma [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
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Oosterellidae
Kilian, 1911

Genera

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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]

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