Pseudoosterella ubalaensis

Extinct species of mollusc

Pseudoosterella ubalaensis
Temporal range: Valanginian, 135–133 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Oosterellidae
Genus: †Pseudoosterella
Species:
†P. ubalaensis
Binomial name
†Pseudoosterella ubalaensis
Haas, 1960

Pseudoosterella ubalaensis is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species belonging to the genus Pseudoosterella in the family of Oosterellidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Early Cretaceous; Valanginian epoch. The species was first described by Haas in 1960.[1]

Etymology

The species epithet is derived from Ubalá, Cundinamarca, where the species has been found.[1] In Muysccubun, the language of the Muisca, Ubalá means "Place on the hillside" or "At the foot of the hillside".[2]

Distribution

Fossils of Pseudoosterella ubalaensis have been found in Valanginian black shales of the Murca Formation,[3] belonging to the Cáqueza Group, outcropping near Ubalá,[4][5] and Labranzagrande, Boyacá.[6]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b Pseudoosterella ubalaensis - Fossilworks
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Ubalá Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Moreno, 1990, p.76
  4. ^ Piraquive et al., 2011, p.207
  5. ^ Dorado Galindo, 1990, p.23
  6. ^ Pseudoosterella ubalaensis

Bibliography

  • Dorado Galindo, Jorge (1990), "Contribución al Conocimiento de la Estratigrafía de la Formación Brechas de Buenavista (Límite Jurásico-Cretácico). Región Noroeste de Villavicencio (Meta)" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 17: 7–38, retrieved 2017-03-29
  • Moreno M., Juan Manuel (1990), "Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Rosablanca and Cumbre Formations, Utica Sandstone and Murca Formation, West Flank, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia", Geología Colombiana, 17: 65–86, retrieved 2017-03-29
  • Piraquive, Alejandro; Díaz, Juan Sebastián; Cuéllar, Tomas; Pardo, Germán; Kammer, & Andreas (2011), "Reactivación Neógena de estructuras de rift del Cretácico Temprano asociadas con la Falla de Chámeza, Pajarito, Boyacá (Colombia): evidencias tectónicas y bioestratigráficas - Neogene reactivation of Early Cretaceous rift structures associated with the Chámeza Fault, Pajarito, Boyacá (Colombia): tectonic and biostratigraphic evidences" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 36: 197–216, retrieved 2017-03-29
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoosterella ubalaensis