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Oosterella colombiana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oosterellidae

Taxonomy
Oosterella colombiana was named by Haas (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cáqueza, Cundinamarca, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian marine horizon in Colombia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. garciae, O. kittli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Oosterella colombiana Haas p. 45 figs. figs. 107, 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyOosterellidaeKilian 1911
genusOosterellaKilian 1911
speciescolombiana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Oosterella colombiana Haas 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Colombia Oosterella colombiana (type locality: 83877)