Pseudoosterella ubalaensis

Pseudoosterella ubalaensis Temporal range: Valanginian-Berriasian, 140.2–136.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Oosterellidae
Genus:	†
Species:	†P. ubalaensis
Binomial name
†Pseudoosterella ubalaensis , 1960

Pseudoosterella ubalaensis is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species belonging to the genus in the family of Oosterellidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Early Cretaceous; Valanginian and Berriasian epochs. The species was first described by 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 to Berriasian black shales of the Murca Formation,^[3] belonging to the , outcropping near Ubalá,^[4][5] and Labranzagrande, Boyacá.^[6]

See also[]

• List of flora and fauna named after the Muisca

References[]

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.