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Oosterella cultrata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oosterellidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cultratus was named by d'Orbigny (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Hauterivian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Oosterella.

It was recombined as Oosterella cultratus by Avram and Gradinaru (1993) and Vasicek (2002); it was recombined as Oosterella cultrata by Reboulet (1996) and Gonzalez-Arreola and Barragan (2007).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites cultratus d'Orbigny
1993Oosterella cultratus Avram and Gradinaru p. 675
1996Oosterella cultrata Reboulet p. 142 figs. Pl 27, figs 7-17
2002Oosterella cultratus Vasicek p. 188
2007Oosterella cultrata Gonzalez-Arreola and Barragan p. 423 fig. 3K,L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyOosterellidaeKilian 1911
genusOosterellaKilian 1911
speciescultrata(d'Orbigny 1841)

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 cultrata d'Orbigny 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0
shell diameter137.5
shell inflation110.5

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 139.80000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Mexico Oosterella cultrata (74351 74352 74354)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Oosterella cultrata (202544 202547 202550 202553 202555 202556 202557 202559 202563 202565 202566 202567 202568 202832)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Morocco (Agadir) Oosterella cultrata (37975 37977 38271)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Italy Oosterella cultrata (12775)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Oosterella cultrata (61543 61544 61546 202577)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Tunisia Oosterella cultrata (205405)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Morocco (Agadir) Oosterella cultrata (37868)