''Agerostrea'' is an extinct genus of fossil oysters,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
molluscs in the family
Ostreidae
The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida.
Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the sh ...
, the true oysters. The genus ''Agerostrea'' is present in the
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interv ...
, the upper stage of the Late
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...
epoch, from 72.1 to 66 million years ago.
Species
Species within the genus ''Agerostrea'':
*†''Agerostrea densicostata''
Sobetski 1982
*†''Agerostrea dentiformis''
Kassab 1998
*†''Agerostrea falcata''
Morton 1827
*†''Agerostrea kopajevitshi''
Sobetski 1982
*†''Agerostrea lunata''
Woods, 1912
*†''Agerostrea luppovi''
*†''Agerostrea mesenterica''
Morton, 1834
*†''Agerostrea monmouthensis''
*†''Agerostrea nasuta''
*†''Agerostrea negevensis''
Lewy 1996
*†''Agerostrea rouxi''
*†''Agerostrea ungulata''
(von Schlotheim 1813)
References
Paleobiology DatabaseEolZipcodezooGlobal Names
*Suleman A. Choudhur
*Melvin Sambol [https://books.google.com/books?id=NjsLtwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Melvin+Sambol%22&hl=it&sa=X&ei=di-XUZ6lJcW2hQeS74C4AQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA Evidence of Selection Pressure in Agerostrea Mesenterica (Bivalvia, Mollusca) in the Navasink Formation (upper Cretaceous) of New Jersey]
External links
MineralienatlasFossilien.net
Ostreidae
Bivalve genera
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