Oosterellidae

Oosterellidae Temporal range: Cretaceous, 145.5–130.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
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

[1]

• 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

1. The Paleobiology Database