| Pseudoosterella ubalaensis Temporal range:
Valanginian,
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ammonitida |
| Family: | † Oosterellidae |
| Genus: | † Pseudoosterella |
| Species: | †P. ubalaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudoosterella ubalaensis
Haas, 1960
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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
References
- ^ a b Pseudoosterella ubalaensis - Fossilworks
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Ubalá Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Moreno, 1990, p.76
- ^ Piraquive et al., 2011, p.207
- ^ Dorado Galindo, 1990, p.23
- ^ 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). Geología Colombiana 17. 7–38. Accessed 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. Accessed 2017-03-29.
- Piraquive, Alejandro; Juan Sebastián Díaz; Tomas Cuéllar; Germán Pardo, and & Andreas Kammer. 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. Geología Colombiana 36. 197–216. Accessed 2017-03-29.