Agerostrea
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| Agerostrea Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil shell of Agerostrea ungulata from Madagascar. Maastrichtian | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Ostreida |
| Family: | Ostreidae |
| Genus: | †Agerostrea Vialov, 1936 |
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.
