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{{Short description|Extinct genus of bivalves}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Cretaceous}}
| image = Ostreidae - Agerostrea ungulata.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil [[Bivalve shell|shell]] of ''Agerostrea ungulata'' from [[Madagascar]]. [[Maastrichtian]]
| taxon = Agerostrea
| authority = Vialov, 1936
}}
'''''Agerostrea''''' is an extinct genus of fossil oysters, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s 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.
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Agerostrea'':
*†''Agerostrea densicostata'' <small>  Sobetski 1982 </small>
*†''Agerostrea dentiformis'' <small>  Kassab 1998 </small>
*†''Agerostrea falcata'' <small>  Morton 1827</small>
*†''Agerostrea kopajevitshi''<small>  Sobetski 1982 </small>
*†''Agerostrea lunata''<small>  Woods, 1912</small>
*†''Agerostrea luppovi''
*†''Agerostrea mesenterica'' <small> Morton, 1834</small>
*†''Agerostrea monmouthensis''
*†''Agerostrea nasuta''
*†''Agerostrea negevensis''<small> Lewy 1996</small>
*†''Agerostrea rouxi''
*†''Agerostrea ungulata''<small>  (von Schlotheim 1813) </small>
==References==
*[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16449 Paleobiology Database]
*[http://eol.org/pages/4738858/overview Eol]
*[https://archive.today/20130630183416/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Agerostrea_Genus.asp Zipcodezoo]
*[http://gni.globalnames.org/name_strings?page=250&search_term=ns%3AAGE* Global Names]
*[http://www.organismnames.com/query.htm?q=Ostreoida&searchType=tree&p=3&pp=50&so=a0 Organismnames]
*Suleman A. Choudhury [https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ms1OAAACAAJ Longevity in Relation to Morphological Development of Agerostrea Mesenterica (Bivalvia, Ostreidae) Compared Between Two Contemporaneous Localities in the Cretaceous of New Jersey ]
*Melvin Sambol [https://books.google.com/books?id=NjsLtwAACAAJ Evidence of Selection Pressure in Agerostrea Mesenterica (Bivalvia, Mollusca) in the Navasink Formation (upper Cretaceous) of New Jersey]
==External links==
*[http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/FossilData?fossil=Agerostrea%20ungulata&lang=en&language=english Mineralienatlas]
*[http://oursins.flo.over-blog.com/article-bivalve-agerostrea-106785275.html Oursins]
*[http://www.fossiel.net/id_system/fossil_id_search.php?zoek=Agerostrea%20ungulata Fossilien.net]
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[[Category:Ostreidae]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
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