Agerostrea is an extinct genus of fossil oysters, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Ostreidae, the true oysters. It is present in the Maastrichtian, the upper stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch, from 72.1 to 66 million years ago.
| Agerostrea Temporal range:
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| Fossil shell of Agerostrea ungulata from Madagascar. Maastrichtian | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | †Agerostrea Vialov, 1936 |
Species
editSpecies 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
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- Global Names
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- Suleman A. Choudhury Longevity in Relation to Morphological Development of Agerostrea Mesenterica (Bivalvia, Ostreidae) Compared Between Two Contemporaneous Localities in the Cretaceous of New Jersey
- Melvin Sambol Evidence of Selection Pressure in Agerostrea Mesenterica (Bivalvia, Mollusca) in the Navasink Formation (upper Cretaceous) of New Jersey
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