Argentiniceras

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Argentiniceras
Temporal range: Berriasian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Neocomitidae
Subfamily: Neocomitinae
Genus: Argentiniceras
Spath, 1924
Species
  • A. argentinumSteuer, 1897
  • A. bituberculatumLeanza, 1945
  • A. fasciculatumSteuer, 1897
  • A. loncochensisSteuer, 1897
  • A. longicepsSteuer
  • A. malarguenseSteuer, 1897
  • A. mintaqiHowarth, 1998
  • A. mutatumSteuer, 1897
  • A. noduliferusSteuer, 1897

Argentiniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. It belongs to the class Cephalopoda. Its fossils were found in Russia, Yemen, [1] India, [2] Mediterranean, Canada [3] and South America. [4]

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References

  1. "The Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 2009-12-27.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Krishna, J. 1991. Discovery of Lower Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) ammonoid genus Argentiniceras from Kachchh (India) and its relevance to the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 23:3141–150.
  3. Salazar C. 2012. The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary (Tithonian – Hauterivian) in the Andean Basin of Central Chile: Ammonites, bio- and sequence stratigraphy and palaeobiogeography. Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, 388 p.
  4. Schwarz E., The Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, 2005)